What does hollowing mean?
Hollowing means present participle and gerund of hollow.
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/ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hollow.
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 […]
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.
Use hollowing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hollowing means present participle and gerund of hollow.
Common synonyms include hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression
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