Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make something hollow.

  2. (intransitive)To become hollow.

    aushöhlen

  3. (transitive)To reduce the power or influence of something.

More definitions
  • remove the interior of

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He hollowed out a mountain only to pull out a rat.

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  2. How exactly do they hollow out and then dry the gourd?

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  3. The cold winds froze my skin and hollowed out my soul.

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  4. A water drop hollows out a stone not by force but by falling often.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make hollow:

Forms

hollows out, hollowing out, hollowed out, hollowed out
Base formhollow out · to hollow out
3rd person singularhollows out
Present participlehollowing out
Past simplehollowed out
Past participlehollowed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhollow out
he, she, ithollows out

Past simpleLesson

all personshollowed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hollowed out
he, she, ithas hollowed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hollow out

Synonyms

4 synonyms
caveB1spoonA2
Close in meaning
  • remove the interior of:hollowcore out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hollowB2hollyhollyhockholocaustB2
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