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Meaning of hollow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To become hollow or empty.
  2. Small valley.
  3. holheid تَجْويف، فَراغ вдлъбнатост concavidade dutina, prázdnota die Hohlheit hulhed; tomhed κενότηταoquedad, lo hueco õõnsakõlalisus فرورفتگی onttous creuxריקנות खोखलापन lažnost, neiskrenost üre(ge)sség rongga að vera holur/innantómur cavità, vuoto うつろなこと 움푹 들어감 tuštuma, duslumas tukšums kekosongan holheidhulhetpustka غوچاڼی concavidade scobitură пустота dutosť, prázdnota votlost šupljost ihålighet โพรง boşluk, oyukluk, çukurluk 空洞 пустота کھوکھلاپن sự trũng sâu 空洞
  4. to beat thoroughly at a game etc. The local team were beaten hollow by eight goals to one on Saturday. uitstof يَهْزِمُ هزيمة شامِلَه правя на пух и прах arrasar porazit na hlavu völlig besiegen slå godt og grundigt συντρίβωarrasar, aplastar põhjalikult lööma شكست سخت خوردن voittaa ylivoimaisesti battre à plate couture לְהָבִיס जबरदस्त तरीके से हराना totalno poraziti, nadmašiti laposra ver vkit mengalahkan gjörsigra battere, superare 負かす 완전히 이기다 visiškai sumušti galīgi sakaut kādu kalah teruk...
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  5. to make hollow. They hollowed out a tree-trunk to make a boat. uithol يُجَوِّف издълбавам escavar vydlabat aushöhlen udhule κοιλαίνω ahuecar õõnestama تهی كردن tehdä ontoksi creuser, évider לְעֲשוֹתו חָלוּל खोखला करना izdupsti, udupsti (ki)váj melubangi hola innan scavare くりぬく 도려내다 išskaptuoti izdobt menebuk uithollenuthule wydrążyć سوری کول escavar a scobi выдалбливать vydlabať izdolbsti izdubiti holka (gröpa) ur, göra ihålig เจาะ içini boşaltmak, oymak 挖空 видовбувати کھوکھلا کرنا khoét rỗng 挖空
  6. hueco-a, cóncavo-a.
  7. Having a cavity, gap, or space within: a hollow wall.
  8. Deeply indented or concave; sunken: "His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
  9. Without substance or character: a hollow person. See Synonyms at vain.
  10. Devoid of truth or validity; specious: "Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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