holloweth
holloweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hollow.
Meaning of hollow
Verb (1)
hollow (third-person singular simple present hollows, present participle hollowing, simple past and past participle hollowed)
- 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)
- 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
Origin of holloweth
hollow + -eth
Questions about holloweth
- What is holloweth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Holloweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hollow.
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