The meaning of Hollows

noun

A bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.

Usage examples:

‘i liked the traditional idea of washing with a basin and ewer,’ he reflects.

noun

A natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff.

Usage examples:

The narrow gorge contains a series of prehistoric caves

verb

Explore caves as a sport.

Usage examples:

They say they cave for the adventure, challenge, and physical exercise

exclamation

(among children) look out!

noun

A large cave or chamber in a cave.

Usage examples:

The cavern is a natural cave carved into the rock by the sea, and widened into an underground canal…

noun

A large cave

noun

An empty space within a solid object.

Usage examples:

The abdominal cavity

noun

A hole in a surface or a hollow inside something

Usage examples:

The abdominal/chest cavity

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

The state or quality of being concave.

Usage examples:

The concavity of her stomach

noun

The quality of curving in, or an object or surface that curves in

Usage examples:

The valley looks utterly serene now - a spacious concavity lying between pine-clad peaks., there is…

noun

A small, narrow space or opening.

Usage examples:

Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark

noun

A small, narrow opening in something solid

Usage examples:

There were small plants growing in every nook and cranny of the wall.

noun

A large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite.

Usage examples:

The blast left a crater in the car park

verb

Form a crater in (the ground or a planet).

Usage examples:

Pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways

proper noun

A small and faint southern constellation (the cup), between hydra and leo, said to represent the goblet of apollo.

phrasal verb

Form and create by cutting out

noun

A piece of card cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with a large photograph of that person on it

Usage examples:

He had his picture taken with a lifesize cardboard cutout of the president., his characters are car…

noun

A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.

Usage examples:

There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door

verb

Mark with a dent.

Usage examples:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

noun

A small, hollow mark in the surface of something caused by pressure or being hit

Usage examples:

She ran into my car and put a dent in it., i dented the table with my hammer.

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Usage examples:

Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

Usage examples:

I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

Usage examples:

Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

noun

A small depression in the flesh, either one that exists permanently or one that forms in the cheeks when one smiles.

Usage examples:

This month i have memorized the curve of your smile, the dimples in your cheeks and forehead, the p…

verb

Produce a dimple or dimples in the surface of.

Usage examples:

Rain began to fall, dimpling the water

noun

A small hollow place, esp. in a person’s face and usually considered attractive

Usage examples:

He has a dimple in his chin., dimpled cheeks

noun

A dent or hollow in a surface.

Usage examples:

The soft dints at the top of a coconut

verb

Mark (a surface) with dents or hollows.

Usage examples:

The metal was dull and dinted

noun

If something is done by dint of something else, it is done as a result of that thing

Usage examples:

She achieved her success by dint of hard work.

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

noun

A shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food.

Usage examples:

An ovenproof dish

verb

Gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature.

Usage examples:

Groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances

noun

A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

verb

Make (a hole or channel) by digging.

Usage examples:

The cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench

verb

To dig a hole or channel in the ground, or to make a hole or channel by removing earth

Usage examples:

[ i ] we’ll be excavating here for the foundation of the building., [ t ] archaeologists are excava…

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

The action of indenting or the state of being indented.

Usage examples:

Paragraphs are marked off by indentation

noun

A part of a surface that curves inward

Usage examples:

If a surgeon takes out too much fat, he may leave indentations in the skin.

noun

A comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.

Usage examples:

He is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche

adjective

Denoting products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population.

Usage examples:

Other companies in this space had to adapt to being niche players

verb

Place (something) in a niche or recess.

Usage examples:

These elements were niched within the shadowy reaches

noun

A corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security.

Usage examples:

The nook beside the fire

noun

A small space that is hidden or partly sheltered

noun

A large hole in the ground.

Usage examples:

I do not see any risk of these pits becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

verb

Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.

Usage examples:

You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions

verb

Remove the pit from (fruit).

Usage examples:

Leave some cherries whole so people can see later on how hard you worked pitting real cherries.

noun

A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.

Usage examples:

A table set into a recess

verb

Attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed.

Usage examples:

The lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling

noun

A period of time in which an organized activity such as study or work is temporarily stopped

Usage examples:

Congress returns from its august recess next week., after lunch, the kids have recess., he pointed …

noun

A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Usage examples:

A water trough

verb

Eat greedily.

Usage examples:

The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought …

noun

A narrow, open box to hold water or food for animals

Usage examples:

Investors have to live through stock market troughs.