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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. |
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