hollow out

English

Verb

hollow out (third-person singular simple present hollows out, present participle hollowing out, simple past and past participle hollowed out)

1. (transitive) To make something hollow.
2. (intransitive) To become hollow
3. (transitive) To reduce the power or influence of something.

Translations

make hollow

• Asturian: agüecar
• Dutch: uithollen (nl)
• Finnish: onteloida (fi), kaivaa ontoksi ("to dig hollow", also other verbs accepted)
• German: aushöhlen
• Latin: cavō (la)
• Maori: hākaro, whakakaiwaka
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• Quechua: t'uquy
• Spanish: ahuecar (es)
• Swedish: urholka (sv)
• Westrobothnian:

become hollow

• Finnish: onteloitua, tulla ontoksi
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