hollow out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по удалению внутренней части чего-либо, делая его пустым или вогнутым.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing the inner part of something, making it empty or concave.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Remove interior materialformal

   To remove the inside part of something, making it empty.

   Выдолбить

   • The children hollowed out the pumpkin to make a lantern.
   • He hollowed out a log to create a canoe.
   • The sculptor hollowed out the stone to form a bowl.

   Synonymscarve outdig outemptyexcavategougerecessscoop out

   Antonymsfillpacksolidifystuff

2. Weaken or depleteinformal

   To gradually remove the essential or valuable parts of something, leaving it weak or empty.

   Истощить

   • The scandal hollowed out the company's reputation.
   • Years of neglect hollowed out the old building's structure.
   • The crisis hollowed out the community's spirit.

   Synonymsdepletedrainerodeexhaustgutsapundermineweaken

   Antonymsbolsterfortifyreinforcestrengthen

Base verbhollow