EMPTY
\ˈɛmpti], \ˈɛmpti], \ˈɛ_m_p_t_i]\
Definitions of EMPTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
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holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
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emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
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needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
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having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
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make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
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remove; "Empty the water"
By Princeton University
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become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
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holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
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emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
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needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
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having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
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make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
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Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
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Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
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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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To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
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To become empty.
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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.
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Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.
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Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; - said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
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Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; - said of pleasure, the world, etc.
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Producing nothing; unfruitful; - said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
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An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; - used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties.
By Oddity Software
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Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
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Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
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Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
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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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To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
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To become empty.
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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.
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Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.
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Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; - said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
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Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; - said of pleasure, the world, etc.
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Producing nothing; unfruitful; - said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
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An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; - used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties.
By Noah Webster.
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Containing nothing; vague; unsatisfactory; as, empty dreams; destitute of, or lacking in, force, knowledge, or sense; as, empty words; fasting; hungry; vacant.
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To deprive of the contents; pour out; discharge; make vacant.
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To become empty; discharge itself.
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Emptily.
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Emptied.
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Emptier.
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Emptiest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having nothing in it: unfurnished: without effect: unsatisfactory: wanting substance.
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To make empty: to deprive of contents.
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To become empty: to discharge its contents:-pa.p. emptied.
By Daniel Lyons
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Containing nothing; without effect; unsubstantial.
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To discharge its contents.
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To make empty; remove the contents of.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make or become empty; pour out; remove, as contents.
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Having nothing within; without contents or substance; vacant; hollow; unmeaning.
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Emptiness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Containing nothing, or nothing but air; not filled; unfurnished; void; devoid; destitute of force or effect; unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; without supply; hungry; unfurnished with intellect or knowledge; ignorant; unfruitful; deselate; without effect.
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To exhaust; to deprive of the contents; to pour out the contents; to make desolate.
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To pour out or discharge its contents, as a river; to become empty.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Containing nothing except air; void; vacant; unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; senseless; vain; ignorant.
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To make void; to exhaust; to pour out the contents.
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A case or package without its contents.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Void, having nothing in it, not full; unsatisfactory, unable to fill the mind or desires; without any thing to carry, unburthened; vacant of head, ignorant, unskilful; without substance, without solidity, vain.
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To evacuate, to exhaust.
By Thomas Sheridan
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