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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