hollow out

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de remover a parte interna de algo, deixando-o oco, vazio ou côncavo; também pode significar escavar ou cavar um espaço dentro de algo.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Remove interior materialformal

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

   Esvaziar por dentro

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscarve outdig outemptyexcavategougerecessscoop out

   Antônimosfillpacksolidifystuff

2. Weaken or depleteinformal

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

   Esvaziar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdepletedrainerodeexhaustgutsapundermineweaken

   Antônimosbolsterfortifyreinforcestrengthen

Verbo basehollow