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overhollow en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + hollow.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hollow excessively.
    • Many individuals who normally have a good standing posture overhollow the lower back under some conditions as, for instance, when they wear high heels, after they have been standing for a long time, when they raise their arms […] 1959, Loraine Frost, Posture and Body Mechanics (Revised), page 8:

Forms

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overhollows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overhollowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overhollowed Tense=Past lexicographic
overhollowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic