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hollowed

hollowed is the simple past and past participle of hollow.

Meaning of hollow

Verb (1)

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

  1. (transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate

Verb (2)

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

  1. To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
    • [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 26

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Words formed from hollowed

Phrases with hollowed

Questions about hollowed

What is hollowed the simple past and past participle of?
Hollowed is the simple past and past participle of hollow.

Words near hollowed in the dictionary

  1. hollowback
  2. hollowbacks
  3. Hollowcause
  4. Hollowcaust
  5. Hollowcost
  6. hollowed
  7. hollowed out
  8. hollowed-out
  9. Hollowell
  10. Hollowells
  11. hollower

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