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Meaning of empty in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɛm(p)ti/

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  1. 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. 2. become empty or void of its content

    Examples

    • « The room emptied »

    Antonyms

    • fill
    • fill up
  3. 3. leave behind empty

    Examples

    • « move out of »
    • « You must vacate your office by tonight »
  4. 4. remove

    Examples

    • « Empty the water »
  5. 5. excrete or discharge from the body
  6. Classifying Adjective

    empty

    Definitions

    1. devoid of significance or point

    Examples

    • « empty promises »
    • « a hollow victory »
    • « vacuous comments »

    Synonyms

    • meaningless
    • nonmeaningful
  7. 2. having nothing inside

    Examples

    • « an empty sphere »

    Synonyms

    • hollow
  8. 3. needing nourishment

    Examples

    • « after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime »
    • « empty-bellied children »

    Synonyms

    • hungry
  9. 4. emptied of emotion

    Examples

    • « after the violent argument he felt empty »

    Synonyms

    • drained
  10. Noun

    empty

    Definitions

    1. a container that has been emptied

    Examples

    • « return all empties to the store »
  11. 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

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