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empty
('/E/mpt/i/ )

adjective (a)

  • holding or containing nothing(adj.all)
    Example:
    An empty glass.
    An empty room.
    Full of empty seats.
    Empty hours.
    Antonym:
    full
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a container that has been emptied(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • devoid of significance or point(adj.all)
    Example:
    Empty promises.
    Synonym:
    hollow, vacuous
    source: wordnet30
  • needing nourishment(adj.all)
    Example:
    After skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime.
    Empty-bellied children.
    Synonym:
    empty-bellied
    source: wordnet30
  • emptied of emotion(adj.all)
    Example:
    After the violent argument he felt empty.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make void or empty of contents(verb.change)
    Example:
    Empty the box.
    Antonym:
    fill, fill up, make full
    source: wordnet30
  • become empty or void of its content(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    discharge
    Antonym:
    fill, fill up
    source: wordnet30
  • leave behind empty; move out of(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    abandon, vacate
    source: wordnet30
  • remove(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Empty the water.
    Synonym:
    clear, doff
    source: wordnet30
  • excrete or discharge from the body(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    evacuate, void
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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