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VOID
void
(adjective) containing nothing; “the earth was without form, and void”
null, void
(adjective) lacking any legal or binding force; “null and void”
void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
(noun) an empty area or space; “the huge desert voids”; “the emptiness of outer space”; “without their support he’ll be ruling in a vacuum”
nothingness, void, nullity, nihility
(noun) the state of nonexistence
evacuate, void, empty
(verb) excrete or discharge from the body
invalidate, void, vitiate
(verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective; “invalidate a contract”
void
(verb) clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; “The chemist voided the glass bottle”; “The concert hall was voided of the audience”
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
(verb) declare invalid; “The contract was annulled”; “void a plea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
void (not comparable)
Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
Being without; destitute; devoid.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
(computing, programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value.
Noun
void (plural voids)
An empty space; a vacuum.
(astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies
(materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
(fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
(construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
Synonyms
• ((engineering) collection of vacancies): pore
• ((engineering) pocket of vapour in fluid): bubble
Hyponyms
• ((astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies): Local Void
Verb
void (third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)
(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
(transitive, medicine) To empty.
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
(intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, depart.
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
Synonyms
• (make invalid or worthless): annul, cancel
• ((medicine) to empty): evacuate
Etymology 2
Noun
void (plural voids)
(now rare, historical) A voidee. [from 15th c.]
Anagrams
• Ovid, divo
Source: Wiktionary
Void, a. Etym: [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.]
1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled. The earth was without form, and void. Gen. i. 2. I 'll get me to a place more void. Shak. I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country. Massinger.
2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like. Divers great offices that had been long void. Camden.
3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. Milton. A conscience void of offense toward God. Acts xxiv. 16. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xi. 12.
4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. Isa. lv. 11. I will make void the counsel of Judah. Jer. xix. 7.
5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." Pope.
6. (Law)
Definition: Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum.
Syn.
– Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.
Void, n.
Definition: An empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. Pope.
Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] Etym: [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]
1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table. Void anon her place. Chaucer. If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. Shak.
2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. Barrow. With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. J. Webster.
3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. Bp. Burnet. It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. Clarendon.
Void, v. i.
Definition: To be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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