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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLLOW-CHEEKED

hollow-cheeked  [ˌhɒləʊˈtʃiːkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLLOW-CHEEKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hollow-Cheeked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOLLOW-CHEEKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hollow-cheeked in the English dictionary

The definition of hollow-cheeked in the dictionary is having sunken cheeks, as from thinness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOLLOW-CHEEKED


antiqued
ænˈtiːkt
beaked
biːkt
forked
fɔːkt
geeked
ɡiːkt
handworked
ˈhændˌwɜːkt
infarct
ɪnˈfɑːkt
leaked
ˈliːkt
marked
mɑːkt
overworked
ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt
parked
pɑːkt
peaked
piːkt
physiqued
fɪˈziːkt
piqued
piːkt
postmarked
ˈpəʊstmɑːkt
round-cheeked
ˌraʊndˈtʃiːkt
stalked
stɔːkt
streaked
striːkt
unmarked
ʌnˈmɑːkt
unwreaked
ʌnˈriːkt
worked
wɜːkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLLOW-CHEEKED

holler
hollies
Holliger
hollo
holloa
hollow
hollow-back
hollow-eyed
holloware
hollowly
hollowness
hollowware
holly
holly berry
holly oak
hollyhock

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLLOW-CHEEKED

backed
blocked
checked
cracked
crooked
hand-picked
hooked
ked
locked
masked
naked
packed
shocked
smoked
soaked
spiked
stacked
tracked
unlocked
wicked

Synonyms and antonyms of hollow-cheeked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hollow-cheeked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLLOW-CHEEKED

Find out the translation of hollow-cheeked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hollow-cheeked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hollow-cheeked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中空颊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mejillas hundidas
570 millions of speakers

English

hollow-cheeked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोखले कपोलों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جوفاء الخدين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полый щеками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encovado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les joues creuses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berongga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hohlwangig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中空頬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중공 뺨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cendhak-cipratan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rỗng má
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளீடற்ற cheeked
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोकळ-गालाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çukur yanaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le guance incavate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapadniętych policzkach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнистий щоками
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gol în obraji
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κούφια μάγουλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hol - cheeked
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ihåliga kinder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hulkinnede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hollow-cheeked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLLOW-CHEEKED»

The term «hollow-cheeked» is used very little and occupies the 167.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLLOW-CHEEKED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hollow-cheeked

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLLOW-CHEEKED»

Discover the use of hollow-cheeked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hollow-cheeked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Black Hawk: An Autobiography
This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history - a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people.
Black Hawk (Sauk chief), Donald Jackson, 1964
2
Reynard the Fox in South Africa Or Hottentot Fables and ...
Thou hollow-cheeked son Of a hollow-cheeked one, My hollow-cheeked one ! Who hast two hip-bones, High hip-bones, With which thou sittest on the edge of the rock, Thou whose face appears like the edge of a rock. THE Baboon, it is said , ...
Wilhelm H. I. Bleek, 1864
3
Every Man Out of His Humour
215. chap-fallen] literally, with the lower jaw hanging down in extreme exhaustion ; slack-jawed, and hence hollow-cheeked; cf. the description of Horace/Jonson in Satiromastix 5.2.262, as 'so lean a hollow-cheeked scrag". Figuratively ...
Ben Jonson, Helen Ostovich, 2001
4
The Hunted Woman
In her end of the car the hollow-cheeked girl and she were alone. Even in their aloneness these two women had not dared to speak until now. The one raised her veil again, and their eyes met across the aisle. For a moment the big, dark, ...
James Oliver Curwood, 1stworld Library, 2006
5
Not Guilty!: The Good News For Working Mothers
"Will he grow hollow-cheeked and bony because you are not there to say, 'One spoonful for Mommy, one spoonful for Aunt Clementine and now another for Uncle Archie,' over his cereal bowl? Will he be left to cry in a corner because all the ...
Betty Holcomb, 2000
6
Show Me the Prisoner: And I'll Show You a Young Man
A hollow-cheeked young man in a tight-fitting tweed jacket and white Converse plimsolls sat close by. He kept flicking sugar granules at his cup with a rolled-up fiver. I draped my coat over the back of an adjacent chair, sat down and picked up  ...
Patricia Farren, 2011
7
Imperium
He seemed to be his old self, assurance and all— except for the hollow-cheeked look. He professed to have no recollection of anything from the time we'd met the girl. He mended fast then. On the fourth day, he was up and walking. On the fifth ...
Keith Laumer, Eric Flint, 2005
8
American Notes, Pictures from Italy ~ Paperbound
The hollow-cheeked monk, number One, having finished lighting the candles, went down on his knees, in a corner, before this set-piece; and the monk number Two, having put on a pair of highly ornamented and gold-bespattered gloves, lifted ...
Dickens, Charles
9
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Pictures from Italy ...
The hollow-cheeked monk, number One, having finished lighting the candles, went down on his knees, in a corner, before this set-piece ; and the monk number Two, having put on a pair of highly ornamented and gold-bespattered gloves, ...
Charles Dickens, 2009
10
Witnessed
Julia was first, and though the dates of her encounters with the hollow-cheeked " Lincoln" and the strange "baby ghost" had nothing to do with Linda's November 1989 experience, the accounts were compelling and she seemed credible.
Budd Hopkins, Phyllis Halldorson, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLLOW-CHEEKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hollow-cheeked is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Liam Broady swept away by David Goffin as British contingent shrinks
The slim, hollow-cheeked Goffin, who has bears a disturbing likeness to The Office's Gareth Keenan, was way too good for Broady. Not the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Enabler Detail 'Fail to Feel Safe' LP
Up above, you'll find the copper-tinted, hollow-cheeked cover art, which was produced by longtime visual collaborator Chris Smith. Pre-orders ... «Exclaim!, Jun 15»
3
In fighting Jackson, New Englander rewrote the rules for political …
Evarts was a Vermont farmer's son, hollow-cheeked and sickly but burning with passion for the right as he saw it. In the 1790s, a wave of ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
4
SunTrap, BBC One, review: 'tragic'
As you went about your business this morning, did you notice the people shuffling around looking bereft and hollow-cheeked? They may have ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
5
People are Living There is a triumph
If Carel Nel, with his hollow-cheeked good looks, doesn't match the pimple part, he certainly manages the anguish and world-weary angst. «Artslink.co.za News, May 15»
6
Review: 'Saint Laurent,' Beautiful People, High Fashion and Career …
... hollow-cheeked Gaspard Ulliel — that is at once intimate and detached. Beginning at a low moment in 1974, flashing back to the glory days ... «New York Times, May 15»
7
Skin Deep: The Ugly Things Pretty People Do That Make Them …
It seemed as if being blessed with societally physical perfection (which in the mid-90s, was the under-eye-bruised, hollow-cheeked, hip-less ... «Elite Daily, Apr 15»
8
Waxwork Details First-Ever Vinyl Release of 'Friday the 13th Part 2'
That's an apparition of his hollow-cheeked, decapitated mother in the background. You can hear some sinister symphony strings, unsettling ... «Exclaim!, Mar 15»
9
Skid Row doctor goes the extra mile to find homes for patients
JOAN Morton was pencil-thin and hollow-cheeked when Dr Susan Partovi found her sleeping on Skid Row, with what Morton said were ... «The Star Online, Jan 15»
10
Health Of Hunger-Striking Ukrainian Pilot Said To Be 'Deteriorating'
"She's become thin and hollow-cheeked. Changes are taking place in her body." Savchenko maintains her innocence and rejects accusations ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hollow-Cheeked [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hollow-cheeked>. Apr 2024 ».
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