empty
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emp·ty
[emp-tee] adjective, emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est, verb, emp·tied, emp·ty·ing, noun, plural emp·ties. 
ti adjective
1.
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
2.
vacant; unoccupied: an empty house.
3.
without cargo or load: an empty wagon.
4.
destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.
5.
destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually followed by of ): Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.
6.
without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless: empty compliments; empty pleasures.
7.
not employed in useful activity or work; idle: empty summer days.
8.
Mathematics. (of a set) containing no elements; null; void.
9.
hungry: I'm feeling rather empty—let's have lunch.
10.
without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish: an empty head.
11.
completely spent of emotion: The experience had left him with an empty heart.
verb (used with object)
12.
to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of: to empty a bucket.
13.
to discharge (contents): to empty the water out of a bucket.
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Empty
is always a great word to know.
So is quantity. Does it mean:
| a number that is a multiple of all the denominators of a set of fractions |
| the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes, size, volume, area, or length |
verb (used without object)
14.
to become empty: The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.
15.
to discharge contents, as a river: The river empties into the sea.
noun
16.
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can: Throw the empties into the waste bin.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant (ǣmett(a) leisure (ǣ- a-3 + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; cf. must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)
before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant (ǣmett(a) leisure (ǣ- a-3 + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; cf. must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)
Related forms
emp·ti·a·ble, adjective
emp·ti·er, noun
emp·ti·ly, adverb
emp·ti·ness, noun
o·ver·emp·ty, adjective
qua·si-emp·ty, adjective
self-emp·ti·ness, noun
self-emp·ty·ing, adjective
un·emp·tied, adjective
un·emp·ty, adjective
Synonyms
1. vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form. 6. delusive, vain. 12. unload, unburden.
1. vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form. 6. delusive, vain. 12. unload, unburden.
Antonyms
1. full.
1. full.
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World English Dictionary
empty (ˈɛmptɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj (foll by of) , -tier, -tiest | |
| 1. | containing nothing |
| 2. | without inhabitants; vacant or unoccupied |
| 3. | carrying no load, passengers, etc |
| 4. | without purpose, substance, or value: an empty life |
| 5. | insincere or trivial: empty words |
| 6. | not expressive or vital; vacant: she has an empty look |
| 7. | informal hungry |
| 8. | devoid; destitute: a life empty of happiness |
| 9. | informal drained of energy or emotion: after the violent argument he felt very empty |
| 10. | maths, logic (of a set or class) containing no members |
| 11. | philosophy, logic (of a name or description) having no reference |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 12. | to make or become empty |
| 13. | to discharge (contents) |
| 14. | to unburden or rid (oneself): to empty oneself of emotion |
| —n , -tier, -tiest, -ties, -tying, -tied, -ties | |
| 15. | an empty container, esp a bottle |
| [Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see | |
| 'emptiable | |
| —adj | |
| 'emptier | |
| —n | |
| 'emptily | |
| —adv | |
| 'emptiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
empty
O.E. æmettig "at leisure, not occupied, unmarried," from æmetta "leisure," from æ "not" + -metta, from motan "to have" (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from "at leisure" to "empty" is paralleled in several languages, cf. Mod.Gk.
adeios "empty," originally "freedom from fear," from deios "fear." "The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied" [Buck]. The adj. also became the v. in 16c., replacing M.E. empten, from O.E. geæmtigian. Figurative sense of empty-nester first attested 1987. Empty-handed attested from 1613.
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Slang Dictionary
empty definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
empty
In addition to the idioms beginning with empty, also see glass is half full (half empty); running on empty.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The stomach was noted empty at the time of surgery and no gastric contents were seen in the abdomen.
However, they dreamed of building a new pharmacy from scratch in an empty lot one block away.
Our main focus was to see if it was empty out there or not, and why.
Can't head out from work tonight empty handed or you'll pay for the rest of the year.
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