hollowing
/ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/
hollowing is the present participle and gerund 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
Noun (1)
hollowing (plural hollowings)
- The process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that process.
- Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression
- Such hollowing is not seen in the smaller otoliths figured by Campana (herein reproduced on Pl. 5, Fig. 1) and by Ohe, and it may be a feature that […]2007, Dirk Nolf, James C. Tyler, “Otolith evidence concerning interrelationships of caproid, zeiform and tetraodontiform fishes”, in Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique...
- Synonyms:
- hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression
Noun (2)
hollowing (plural hollowings)
- The act of one who hollows (hollos); a cry or shouting.
- Near-synonyms: hallooing, halloo, hollering, holler, bellowing, bellow
- At length, about three o'clock in the morning, we heard the distant hollowings of our watermen, and soon after refreshed ourselves with copious draughts of the delicious water of the Nile.1819, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia
Synonyms of hollowing
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Forms of hollowing
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Origin of hollowing
From hollow.
Words formed from hollowing
Questions about hollowing
- What does hollowing mean?
- Hollowing means the process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that process.
- What is hollowing the present participle and gerund of?
- Hollowing is the present participle and gerund of hollow.
- What part of speech is hollowing?
- Hollowing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hollowing?
- Hollowing is pronounced /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of hollowing?
- The plural of hollowing is hollowings.
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