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hol1I 〈 het〉2 [verblijf/schuilplaats van een dier] hole 〈 ook van vos〉 ⇒ lair, den 〈 voornamelijk van grote carnivoren〉, burrow 〈 van konijn〉, lodge 〈 van bever〉, 〈 van vos, das ook〉 earth♦voorbeelden:deze volksstam woonde in holen • this tribe lived in caves/were cave-dwellers2 zijn hol invluchten • go to ground/earthzich wagen in het hol van de leeuw • 〈 figuurlijk〉 beard/brave the lion in his dende vijand in zijn hol opzoeken • venture into the lion's denII 〈de〉1 [het hollen] 〈zie voorbeelden 1〉♦voorbeelden:1 op hol slaan • 〈 paard〉 bolt; 〈 kudde〉 stampede; run wild/amuck 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; 〈 figuurlijk〉 run rioteen op hol geslagen paard • a runaway (horse)zijn verbeelding was op hol geslagen • his imagination had run away with him————————hol21 [niet massief] hollow2 [niet bol] hollow ⇒ 〈 concaaf〉 concave, 〈 techniek, technologie ook〉 female 〈 ontvangend〉, sunken 〈 weg, ogen, wangen〉, 〈 blik〉 gaunt3 [waar niets inzit, ook figuurlijk] hollow ⇒ empty 〈ook belofte/woorden, maag〉, gaunt 〈 vertrek〉, cavernous 〈 vertrek〉, 〈 belofte ook〉 idle♦voorbeelden:2 holle weg • sunken road, cuttingeen hol geslepen brillenglas • a concave lenshet holle van de hand/van de voet • the hollow of the hand, the arch of the foot4 hol klinken • sound hollow/emptyde zee staat hol • the sea is (very) roughin het holst van de nacht • at dead of night -
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Cavernous — Cav ern*ous, a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow. [1913 Webster] 2. Filled with small cavities or cells. [1913 Webster] 3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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