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| 1. | [ adjective ] holding or containing nothing | |
| Examples: | "an empty glass" "an empty room" "full of empty seats" "empty hours" |
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| Related terms: | full barren_of vacant looted blank vacant lifeless bereft_of open glassy emptied unfilled bare empty-handed void empty-handed fullness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] devoid of significance or point | |
| Synonyms: | hollow vacuous | |
| Examples: | "empty promises" "a hollow victory" "vacuous comments" |
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| Related terms: | meaningless | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make void or empty of contents | |
| Examples: | "Empty the box" "The alarm emptied the building" |
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| Related terms: | fill change clean_out evacuate drain clear knock_out exhaust bleed void hollow eviscerate gut clear evacuate bail | |
| 4. | [ verb ] become empty or void of its content | |
| Synonyms: | discharge | |
| Examples: | "The room emptied" |
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| Related terms: | fill change_state drain | |
| 5. | [ verb ] leave behind empty; move out of | |
| Synonyms: | abandon vacate | |
| Examples: | "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
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| Related terms: | leave | |
| 6. | [ verb ] remove | |
| Examples: | "Empty the water" |
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| Related terms: | remove unload | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] needing nourishment | |
| Synonyms: | empty-bellied | |
| Examples: | "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children" |
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| Related terms: | hungry | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] emptied of emotion | |
| Examples: | "after the violent argument he felt empty" |
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| Related terms: | drained | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] having nothing inside | |
| Examples: | "an empty sphere" |
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| Related terms: | hollow | |
| 10. | [ verb ] excrete or discharge from the body | |
| Synonyms: | void eliminate evacuate | |
| Related terms: | discharge excrete suction emptying elimination defecator | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] needing nourishment | |
| Synonyms: | empty-bellied | |
| Examples: | "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children" |
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| Related terms: | hungry | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a container that has been emptied | |
| Examples: | "return all empties to the store" |
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| Related terms: | container | |
| Similar spelling: |
emptying empty_of emptor emptied embody |
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