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EMPTY
empty
(adjective) holding or containing nothing; “an empty glass”; “an empty room”; “full of empty seats”; “empty hours”
empty
(adjective) emptied of emotion; “after the violent argument he felt empty”
empty, empty-bellied
(adjective) needing nourishment; “after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime”; “empty-bellied children”
empty, hollow, vacuous
(adjective) devoid of significance or force; “empty promises”; “a hollow victory”; “vacuous comments”
empty
(noun) a container that has been emptied; “return all empties to the store”
evacuate, void, empty
(verb) excrete or discharge from the body
empty, discharge
(verb) become empty or void of its content; “The room emptied”
empty
(verb) make void or empty of contents; “Empty the box”; “The alarm emptied the building”
empty
(verb) remove; “Empty the water”
vacate, empty, abandon
(verb) leave behind empty; move out of; “You must vacate your office by tonight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
(computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
(obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
Synonyms
• (devoid of content): unoccupied, clear, leer, toom, clean
Antonyms
• full
• (computing, mathematics): non-empty
Verb
empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple past and past participle emptied)
(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
(intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
Antonyms
• fill
Noun
empty (plural empties)
(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Source: Wiktionary
Emp"ty, a. [Compar. Emptier; superl. Emptiest.] Etym: [AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak. When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.
4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.
6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.
7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty- handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
Syn.
– See Vacant.
Emp"ty, n.; pl. Empties (.
Definition: An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
Emp"ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]
Definition: To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.
Emp"ty, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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