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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. 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.
EXPANDdestitute 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.
COLLAPSEcompletely 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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Emptying
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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; compare must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)
before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant (ǣmett(a) leisure (ǣ- a-3 + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; compare 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
EXPANDqua·si-emp·ty, adjective
self-emp·ti·ness, noun
self-emp·ty·ing, adjective
un·emp·tied, adjective
un·emp·ty, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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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| emptying | |
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| the act of removing the contents of something |
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