empty
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (4)emptier, emptiest
- holding or containing nothing“an empty glass”“an empty room”“full of empty seats”“empty hours”Opposite fullSimilar glassy, lifeless, blank, looted, vacant, empty-handed, void, bare +1 moreRelates to fullnessSee also hollow
- devoid of significance or force“empty promises”“a hollow victory”“vacuous comments”Synonyms: hollowvacuousOpposite meaningfulSimilar meaningless, nonmeaningful
- needing nourishment“after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime”“empty-bellied children”Synonyms: empty-belliedOpposite thirstySimilar hungry
- emptied of emotion“after the violent argument he felt empty”Opposite undrainedSimilar drained
Verb (5)emptied, empties, emptying
- make void or empty of contents“Empty the box”“The alarm emptied the building”Opposite fillMore general change, alterMore specific clean out, drain, evacuate, bail, void, gut, knock out, clear, exhaust, hollow +2 moreCauses discharge
- become empty or void of its content“The room emptied”Synonyms: dischargeMore general change state, turnMore specific flow away, flow off
- leave behind empty; move out of“You must vacate your office by tonight”Synonyms: vacateabandonMore general leave, go forth
- remove the contents of a container“Empty the water”More general remove, takeMore specific unload, unlade
- excrete or discharge from the bodySynonyms: evacuatevoidMore general excrete, egestMore specific suction
Noun (1)empties
- a container that has been emptied“return all empties to the store”Type of container
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Translations
Adjective devoid of content
- Spanish
- vacío
- French
- vide
- German
- leer
- Italian
- vuoto
- Portuguese
- vazio
- Turkish
- boş
- Russian
- пусто́й pustój
- Arabic
- فَارِغ fāriḡ
- Chinese
- 空的 kōng de
- Japanese
- 空っぽ karappo
36 more languages
- Dutch
- leeg
- Polish
- pusty
- Swedish
- tom
- Greek
- άδειος ádeios
- Korean
- 비다 bida
- Indonesian
- kosong
- Vietnamese
- trống
- Hungarian
- üres
- Portuguese (PT)
- vazio
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 空 kōng
- Albanian
- bosh
- Breton
- goullo
- Catalan
- buit
- Corsican
- viotu
- Czech
- prázdný
- Danish
- tom
- Esperanto
- malplena
- Estonian
- tühi
- Finnish
- tyhjä
- Georgian
- ცარიელი carieli
- Hebrew
- ריק reik
- Icelandic
- tómur
- Kurdish
- vala
- Latvian
- tukšs
- Lithuanian
- tuščias
- Malagasy
- foana
- Norwegian
- tom
- Romanian
- gol
- Scottish Gaelic
- falamh
- Serbo-Croatian
- prazan
- Slovak
- prázdny
- Slovenian
- prazen
- Swahili
- -tupu
- Walloon
- vude
- Welsh
- gwag
- Yiddish
- ליידיק leydik
Verb to make empty
- Spanish
- vaciar
- French
- vider
- German
- leeren
- Italian
- vuotare
- Portuguese
- esvaziar
- Turkish
- boşaltmak
- Russian
- опорожня́ть oporožnjátʹ
- Arabic
- أَفْرَغَ ʔafraḡa
- Chinese
- 清空 qīngkōng
- Dutch
- legen
21 more languages
- Polish
- opróżnić
- Swedish
- tömma
- Greek
- αδειάζω adeiázo
- Korean
- 비우다 biuda
- Indonesian
- mengosongkan
- Hungarian
- ürít
- Portuguese (PT)
- esvaziar
- Albanian
- zbraz
- Catalan
- buidar
- Czech
- vyprázdnit
- Danish
- tømme
- Esperanto
- malplenigi
- Finnish
- tyhjentää
- Icelandic
- tæma
- Kurdish
- vala kirin
- Norwegian
- tømme
- Romanian
- goli
- Slovenian
- prazniti
- Walloon
- vudî
- Welsh
- gwagio
- Yiddish
- אויסליידיקן oysleydikn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; — said of an inclosure, or a container, 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.” John Milton
I shall find you empty of that fault.— William Shakespeare
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. “An empty messenger.” William Shakespeare
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.— Colley Cibber
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; — said of pleasure, the world, etc.
Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.— Alexander 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.— William Shakespeare
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.
Synonyms: See Vacant.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; — used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”
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.
The clouds... empty themselves upon the earth.— Eccl. xi. 3.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. “The chapel empties.” Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54