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holl|o|kro'qe nf, adj (Reg) numbskull, dimwit
holl|o'·n vt 1 to make [ ] thin, make [ ] thinner: tighten; sharpen; flatten, roll [ ] out; narrow 2 to make [the voice] go high 3 to refine 4 to make [ ] more watery: dilute 5 [Colloq] to weaken; make [ ] poorer 6 [Fig Colloq] to tell [ ] in (overabundant) detail 7 [Fig] to make [ ] clearer and more comprehensible: clarify; simplify holl|u'a|r adj (i) 1 made sharp: sharpened, pointed 2 made less thick: (of wood) planed down, (of dough) rolled out 3 thinned out with liquid: diluted 4 (sound) of high timbre |