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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), adjective [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, 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." --Milton.
I shall find you empty of that fault. --Shak.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." --Shak.
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. --Cibber.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. --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. --Shak.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
Note: 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empty \Emp"ty\, verb (used without an object)
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." --B. Jonson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empty \Emp"ty\, noun; pl. {Empties}. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empty \Emp"ty\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emptying}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: {full}]
2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {empty}, {hollow}, {vacuous}]
3: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: {empty}, {empty-bellied}]
4: emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
noun
1: a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
verb
1: make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" [ant: {fill}, {fill up}, {make full}]
2: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [syn: {empty}, {discharge}] [ant: {fill}, {fill up}]
3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: {vacate}, {empty}, {abandon}]
5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {evacuate}, {void}, {empty}]
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