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Meaning of empty in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɛm(p)ti/
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Verb
empty
Definitions
1.
make void or empty of contents
Examples
« Empty the box »
« The alarm emptied the building »
Antonyms
fill
fill up
make full
2.
become empty or void of its content
Examples
« The room emptied »
Antonyms
fill
fill up
3.
leave behind empty
Examples
« move out of »
« You must vacate your office by tonight »
4.
remove
Examples
« Empty the water »
5.
excrete or discharge from the body
Classifying Adjective
empty
Definitions
1.
devoid of significance or point
Examples
« empty promises »
« a hollow victory »
« vacuous comments »
Synonyms
meaningless
nonmeaningful
2.
having nothing inside
Examples
« an empty sphere »
Synonyms
hollow
3.
needing nourishment
Examples
« after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime »
« empty-bellied children »
Synonyms
hungry
4.
emptied of emotion
Examples
« after the violent argument he felt empty »
Synonyms
drained
Noun
empty
Definitions
1.
a container that has been emptied
Examples
« return all empties to the store »
Qualitative Adjective
empty
Etymology
Old English ǣmtig, ǣmetig ‘at leisure, empty’, from ǣmetta ‘leisure’, perhaps from ā ‘no, not’ + mōt ‘meeting’ (see moot)
Definitions
1.
holding or containing nothing
Examples
« an empty glass »
« an empty room »
« full of empty seats »
« empty hours »
Synonyms
bare
stripped
barren of(p)
destitute of(p)
devoid of(p)
empty of(p)
innocent of(p)
void of(p)
bereft of(p)
deprived of(p)
blank
clean
white
empty-handed
glassy
glazed
looted
pillaged
plundered
ransacked
open
unfilled
vacant
vacant
void
emptied
lifeless
Antonyms
full