v. [f. prec. sb.]
1.
a. trans. To fill like a honeycomb with cells, cavities, or perforations; to render cavernous, hollow, or insubstantial in this way; to undermine.
b. intr. for (pass.) To become cavernous.
2. (fig.) To penetrate through and through so as to render hollow, rotten, etc.; to undermine.
3. trans. To mark with a honeycomb pattern.
4. (Building) . To build as a honeycomb wall.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition