hollow out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de retirer l'intérieur de quelque chose, le rendant creux ou concave.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Remove interior materialformal

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

   Creuser l'intérieur

   • 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.

   Synonymescarve outdig outemptyexcavategougerecessscoop out

   Antonymesfillpacksolidifystuff

2. Weaken or depleteinformal

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

   Vider de sa substance

   • 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.

   Synonymesdepletedrainerodeexhaustgutsapundermineweaken

   Antonymesbolsterfortifyreinforcestrengthen

Verbe de basehollow