Hollow vs. Shallow

Hollownoun

A small valley between mountains.

Hollownoun

A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

Hollownoun

(US) A sunken area.

Hollownoun

(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.

Hollowverb

(transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate

Hollowverb

To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.

Hollowadjective

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

Hollowadjective

(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

Hollowadjective

(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

Hollowadjective

(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.

Hollowadjective

concave; gaunt; sunken.

Hollowadjective

(gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position

Hollowadverb

(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Hollowinterjection

alternative form of hollo

Hollowadjective

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

Hollowadjective

Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

Hollowadjective

Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.

Hollowadjective

Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

Hollownoun

A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.

Hollownoun

A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.

Hollowverb

To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.

Hollowverb

To shout; to hollo.

Hollowverb

To urge or call by shouting.

Hollowadverb

Wholly; completely; utterly; - chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.

Hollowinterjection

Hollo.

Hollownoun

a cavity or space in something;

Hollownoun

a small valley between mountains;

Hollownoun

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

Hollowverb

remove the inner part or the core of;

Hollowverb

remove the interior of;

Hollowadjective

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;

Hollowadjective

deliberately deceptive;

Hollowadjective

as if echoing in a hollow space;

Hollowadjective

devoid of significance or point;

Shallowadjective

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

Shallowadjective

Extending not far downward.

Shallowadjective

Concerned mainly with superficial matters.

Shallowadjective

Lacking interest or substance.

Shallowadjective

Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.

Shallowadjective

(obsolete) Not deep in tone.

Shallowadjective

(tennis) Not far forward, close to the net

Shallownoun

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.

Shallownoun

A fish, the rudd.

Shallowverb

(ambitransitive) To make or become less deep.

Shallowadjective

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

Shallowadjective

Not deep in tone.

Shallowadjective

Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

Shallownoun

A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

Shallownoun

The rudd.

Shallowverb

To make shallow.

Shallowverb

To become shallow, as water.

Shallownoun

a stretch of shallow water

Shallowverb

make shallow;

Shallowverb

become shallow;

Shallowadjective

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center;

Shallowadjective

not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply;

Shallowadjective

lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious;