Dictionary
emp•ty
Pronunciation: (emp'tē), [key]
—adj., -ti•er, -ti•est,
—v., -tied, -ty•ing,
—n., pl. -ties.
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adj.
1. containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents:
an empty bottle.
2. vacant; unoccupied:
an empty house.
3. without cargo or load:
an empty wagon.
4. destitute of people or human activity:
We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.
5. destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually fol. by
of):
Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.
6. without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless:
empty compliments; empty pleasures.
7. not employed in useful activity or work; idle:
empty summer days.
8. Math.(of a set) containing no elements; null; void.
9. hungry:
I'm feeling rather empty —let's have lunch.
10. without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish:
an empty head.
11. completely spent of emotion:
The experience had left him with an empty heart.
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v.t.
1. to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of:
to empty a bucket.
2. to discharge (contents):
to empty the water out of a bucket.
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v.i.
1. to become empty:
The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.
2. to discharge contents, as a river:
The river empties into the sea.
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n.
Informal.something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
Throw the empties into the waste bin. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
