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Synonyms for hollowed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : hol-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒl oʊ

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Définition of hollowed

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old English holh (n.) "hollow place, hole," from Proto-Germanic *hul-, from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The figurative sense of "insincere" is attested from 1520s. Related: Hollowly; hollowness. To carry it hollow "take it completely" is first recorded 1660s, of unknown origin or connection.
  • verb empty out; make concave
Example sentences :
  • But all that they hacked and hewed, picked and hollowed, was labor lost.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • Its top, hollowed by the weathers, made a seat which just fitted him.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • Seeing that he was not understood he raised his arm and hollowed his hand above his mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • They hollowed out the center till the sides were thin toward the top.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison
  • On it was a stone pot, hollowed, like the lamp, out of a large stone.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • Canoes were hollowed out of tree trunks by the same process.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Their boats were made of large logs, hollowed out and neatly shaped.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It was made of the trunk of an immense tree, hollowed out, and carved and decorated with immense labor.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The pavement and walls of the whole were hollowed to admit the heat.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • This, like the Brigg boat, was hollowed out of a single oak, 38ft.
  • Extract from : « Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood » by J. Conway Walter

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