The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in.
The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe.
Joe's father hollowed out a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
hollow out — verb remove the interior of hollow out a tree trunk • Syn: ↑hollow, ↑core out • Derivationally related forms: ↑hollow (for: ↑hollow) • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
hollow out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hollow out : present tense I/you/we/they hollow out he/she/it hollows out present participle hollowing out past tense hollowed out past participle hollowed out 1) to make a hole in something by removing what… … English dictionary
hollow out — {v.} To cut or dig out or to cut or dig a hole in; make a cut or cave in; excavate. * /The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in./ * /The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe./ * /Joe s father hollowed out a pumpkin… … Dictionary of American idioms
hollow out — {v.} To cut or dig out or to cut or dig a hole in; make a cut or cave in; excavate. * /The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in./ * /The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe./ * /Joe s father hollowed out a pumpkin… … Dictionary of American idioms
hollow out — PHRASAL VERB If you hollow something out, you remove the inside part of it. [V P n (not pron)] Someone had hollowed out a large block of stone... [V n P] Bake some big red peppers and hollow them out … English dictionary
hollow out — verb a) To make something hollow. b) To become hollow … Wiktionary
hollow out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. excavate, indent, remove earth; see dig 1 , shovel … English dictionary for students
hollow out — See dub … English-Hawaiian dictionary
hollow — [häl′ō] adj. [ME holwe < OE holh: see HOLE] 1. having an empty space, or only air, within it; having a cavity inside; not solid 2. depressed below the surrounding surface; shaped like a cup or bowl; concave 3. deeply set; sunken [hollow… … English World dictionary
hollow — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a hole or empty space inside. 2) concave. 3) (of a sound) echoing. 4) lacking significance or sincerity. ► NOUN 1) a hole or depression. 2) a small valley … English terms dictionary
