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Empty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Empty? [n] a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store" [adj] holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [adj] emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty" [adj] needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [adj] devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [adj] having nothing inside; "an empty sphere" [v] excrete or discharge from the body [v] become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [v] make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" [v] remove; "Empty the water" [v] leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Empty: abandon \| bare \| barren of(p) \| bereft of(p) \| blank \| clean \| deprived of(p) \| destitute of(p) \| devoid of(p) \| discharge \| drained \| emptied \| empty of(p) \| empty-bellied \| empty-handed \| evacuate \| glassy \| glazed \| hollow \| hungry \| innocent of(p) \| lifeless \| looted \| meaningless \| open \| pillaged \| plundered \| ransacked \| stripped \| unfilled \| vacant \| vacate \| vacuous \| void \| void \| void of(p) \| white Related Terms \| Find terms related to Empty: abandoned \| absurd \| aimless \| airy \| apparently sound \| arid \| asinine \| awkward \| banal \| bare \| barren \| baseless \| blah \| bland \| blank \| blankminded \| bleached \| bleed \| bloodless \| blow \| blow out \| bootless \| broach \| callow \| calm \| cast out \| casuistic \| catchpenny \| characterless \| cheap \| clean \| clean out \| clear \| clear away \| clear off \| clear out \| clear the decks \| cold \| colorable \| colorless \| counterproductive \| dead \| deadpan \| decant \| deceptive \| defecate \| deplete \| depleted \| deserted \| designless \| desolate \| destitute \| destitute of \| devoid \| devoid of \| discharge \| dishonest \| disingenuous \| dismal \| dog-hungry \| draft \| draft off \| draggy \| drain \| drain out \| drained \| draw \| draw from \| draw off \| drearisome \| dreary \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dumb \| dump \| dusty \| effete \| eject \| elephantine \| eliminate \| emptied \| empty of \| empty out \| empty-headed \| empty-minded \| empty-pated \| empty-skulled \| etiolated \| evacuate \| exhaust \| exhausted \| expressionless \| fade \| fallacious \| famished \| famishing \| fasting \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| featureless \| feckless \| find vent \| fishy \| flat \| flimsy \| flow \| flow out \| foolish \| forsaken \| fribble \| fribbling \| frivolous \| frothy \| fruitless \| futile \| garbled \| gauche \| glassy \| godforsaken \| green \| groping \| groundless \| gush \| gush out \| half-famished \| half-starved \| heavy \| ho-hum \| hollow \| hungering \| hungry \| hypocritical \| idle \| ignorant \| ill-founded \| illusive \| impassive \| importless \| in want of \| inadequate \| inane \| incogitant \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| inefficacious \| inexcitable \| inexcusable \| inexperienced \| inexpressive \| innocent \| inoperative \| insignificant \| insincere \| insipid \| insubstantial \| invalid \| jejune \| jesuitic \| jet \| know-nothing \| leaden \| let \| let blood \| let out \| lifeless \| light \| low-spirited \| mealymouthed \| meaningless \| milk \| naive \| nescient \| new \| nirvanic \| nonconnotative \| nondenotative \| nugacious \| nugatory \| null \| null and void \| oblivious \| of no force \| otiose \| outflow \| outpour \| overrefined \| oversubtle \| pale \| pallid \| paltry \| passive \| peckish \| pedestrian \| petty \| phatic \| philosophistic \| phlebotomize \| pinched with hunger \| pipette \| plausible \| plodding \| pointless \| poker-faced \| poky \| ponderous \| pour \| pour out \| pump \| pump out \| purge \| purportless \| purposeless \| put out \| quietistic \| rattlebrained \| rattleheaded \| ravening \| ravenous \| raw \| relaxed \| remove \| run out \| sans \| scatterbrained \| scour out \| scrambled \| senseless \| shallow \| sharp-set \| silly \| simple \| siphon off \| slender \| slight \| slow \| sluice out \| solemn \| sophistic \| sophistical \| specious \| spent \| spew out \| spiritless \| spout \| spout out \| spurt \| stark \| starved \| starving \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| strange to \| stuffy \| stupid \| suck \| suck out \| superficial \| superfluous \| supernumerary \| surge \| surplus \| sweep out \| take away \| take out \| tap \| tasteless \| tedious \| tentative \| thoughtfree \| thoughtless \| throw out \| tongue in cheek \| tranquil \| trifling \| trite \| trivial \| unacquainted \| unadorned \| unapprized \| unavailing \| unbased \| uncandid \| unclog \| uncomprehending \| unconversant \| undecorated \| unenlightened \| unexpressive \| unfamiliar \| unfilled \| unfoul \| unfounded \| unfrank \| ungrounded \| unideaed \| unilluminated \| uninformed \| uninhabitable \| uninhabited \| uninitiated \| unintellectual \| unintelligent \| unknowing \| unlively \| unload \| unmeaning \| unoccupied \| unposted \| unreasoning \| unrelieved \| unripe \| unsatisfying \| unserious \| unsignificant \| unsupportable \| unsupported \| unsure \| unsustainable \| unsustained \| untenable \| untenanted \| unthinking \| unused \| unversed \| unwarranted \| useless \| vacant \| vacate \| vacuous \| vain \| valueless \| vapid \| venesect \| vent \| void \| vomit forth \| voracious \| wanting \| waste \| well \| well out \| white \| wild \| windy \| with nothing inside \| without \| without basis \| without content \| without foundation \| wolfish \| wooden \| worthless See Also \| alter \| bail \| change \| change state \| clean out \| clear \| clear out \| container \| core out \| drain \| egest \| eliminate \| empty \| evacuate \| eviscerate \| excrete \| exhaust \| flow away \| flow off \| go away \| go forth \| gut \| hollow \| hollow out \| knock out \| leave \| offload \| pass \| remove \| suction \| take \| take away \| turn \| unload \| void \| withdraw Empty In Webster's Dictionary \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, 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}. 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}.] 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.

Empty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Empty?

[n] a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
[adj] holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
[adj] emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
[adj] needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
[adj] devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
[adj] having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
[v] excrete or discharge from the body
[v] become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
[v] make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
[v] remove; "Empty the water"
[v] leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

Empty In Webster's Dictionary

\Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl.
{Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta,
[ae]metta, 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}.
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}.]
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.

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