"hollow out" meaning in English

See hollow out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: hollows out [present, singular, third-person], hollowing out [participle, present], hollowed out [participle, past], hollowed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
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  2. (intransitive) To become hollow Tags: intransitive Translations (become hollow): onteloitua (Finnish), tulla ontoksi (Finnish), ahuecarse (Spanish)
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  3. (transitive) To reduce the power or influence of something. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (make hollow): κοιλόω (koilóō) (Ancient Greek), agüecar (Asturian), acovanar (Asturian), uithollen (Dutch), onteloida (Finnish), kaivaa ontoksi (note: "to dig hollow", also other verbs accepted) (Finnish), ამოთხრა (amotxra) (Georgian), aushöhlen (German), cavō (Latin), hākaro (Maori), whakakaiwaka (Maori), t'uquy (Quechua), ahuecar (Spanish), urholka (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'make hollow': 47 50 3

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make hollow",
      "word": "urholka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become hollow",
      "word": "onteloitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become hollow",
      "word": "tulla ontoksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become hollow",
      "word": "ahuecarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hollow out"
}

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