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Definition of Empty

1. Adjective. Holding or containing nothing. "Empty hours"

2. Verb. Make void or empty of contents. "They empty the sink of water"; "The alarm emptied the building"

3. Noun. A container that has been emptied. "Return all empties to the store"

4. Adjective. Devoid of significance or point. "Vacuous comments"

5. Verb. Become empty or void of its content. "The room emptied"

6. Adjective. Needing nourishment. "Empty-bellied children"

7. Verb. Leave behind empty; move out of. "You must vacate your office by tonight"

8. Adjective. Emptied of emotion. "After the violent argument he felt empty"

9. Verb. Remove. "They empty the water from the sink"; "Empty the water"

10. Verb. Excrete or discharge from the body.

Definition of Empty

1. a. 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.

2. n. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

3. v. t. 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.

4. v. i. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

Definition of Empty

1. Adjective. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. ¹

2. Adjective. (computing programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) (ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. ¹

4. Noun. A bottle previously containing some liquid, especially a drink, and that is now empty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Empty

1. containing nothing [adj -TIER, -TIEST] / to remove the contents of [v -TIED, -TYING, -TIES]

Medical Definition of Empty

1. 1. 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. 2. Free; clear; devoid; often with of. "That fair female troop . . . Empty of all good." "I shall find you empty of that fault." (Shak) 3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." "When ye go ye shall not go empty." (Ex. Iii. 21) 4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language; as, empty words, or threats. "Words are but empty thanks." (Cibber) 5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; said of pleasure, the world, etc. "Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise." (Pope) 6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. "Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind." (Gen. Xli. 27) 7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. "That in civility thou seem'st so empty." (Shak) 8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. 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. Synonym: See Vacant. Origin: AS. Emtig, aemtig, aemetig, fr. Aemta, aemetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. Emsig busy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Empty

emptier emptiers empties emptiest emptily emptiness emptinesses empting emptings emptins

emption emptional emptions emptor empts empty (current term) empty-bellied empty-handed empty-headed empty-nester

empty-net goal empty-netter empty base empty chair empty coaching stock empty function empty graph empty morpheme empty nest empty nest syndrome

Literary usage of Empty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"It would seem that if the processes of the central nervous system known as states of hunger give rise to the contractions of the empty stomach, the state of ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... these paintings that may make It with this or the other man to take) Is not without those things that do excel What do in brave but empty notions dwell. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... may be a diminutive formed from huff, “to swell,” from A.-S. hebban, to “raise.” Leer may come from leer, “empty,” from A.-S. gelar. ..."

4. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"It would seem that if the processes of the central nervous system known as states of hunger give rise to the contractions of the empty stomach, the state of ..."

5. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... these paintings that may make It with this or the other man to take) Is not without those things that do excel What do in brave but empty notions dwell. ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... may be a diminutive formed from huff, “to swell,” from A.-S. hebban, to “raise.” Leer may come from leer, “empty,” from A.-S. gelar. ..."

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