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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
empty
adj 1: holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an
empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant:
full]
2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow,
vacuous]
3: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty
by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: empty,
empty-bellied]
4: emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt
empty"
n 1: a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to
the store"
v 1: make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm
emptied the building" [ant: fill, fill up, make full]
2: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [syn:
empty, discharge] [ant: fill, fill up]
3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office
by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon]
4: remove; "Empty the water"
5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void,
empty]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Empty \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, or a container, as a box, room,
house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher;
an empty stomach; empty shackles.
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2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female
troop . . . empty of all good." --Milton.
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I shall find you empty of that fault. --Shak.
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3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger."
--Shak.
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When ye go ye shall not go empty. --Ex. iii. 21.
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4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of
language; as, empty words, or threats.
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Words are but empty thanks. --Cibber.
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5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said
of pleasure, the world, etc.
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Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.
--Pope.
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6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree;
as, an empty vine.
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Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. --Gen.
xli. 27.
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7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy;
as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
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That in civility thou seem'st so empty. --Shak.
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8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial;
as, empty dreams.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. Empties.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in
transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Empty \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.
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The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
--Eccl. xi. 3.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
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2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." --B. Jonson.
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Thesaurus Results for empty:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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