hollow out en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To make something hollow.
After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.
1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
- (intransitive) To become hollow.
- (transitive) To reduce the power or influence of something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hollowed out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hollowed out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hollowing out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hollows out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (20)
nl uithollen (make hollow) · qu t'uquy (make hollow) · mi whakakaiwaka (make hollow) · fi onteloida (make hollow) · fi onteloitua (become hollow) · ast acovanar (make hollow) · de aushöhlen (make hollow) · ast agüecar (make hollow) · ar جَوَّفَ (make hollow) · grc κοιλόω (make hollow) · la cavō (make hollow) · fi tulla ontoksi (become hollow) · es ahuecar (make hollow) · es ahuecarse (become hollow) · ar تَجَوَّفَ (become hollow) · fi kaivaa ontoksi (make hollow) · sv urholka (make hollow) · fr évider (make hollow) · ka ამოთხრა (make hollow) · mi hākaro (make hollow)