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Empty

noun
/ˈɛmpti/
Word Frequency: 30.4

Definitions

1.noun(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
"Put the empties out to be recycled."
2.verbTo make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
"The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."
3.verbOf a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
"Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."
4.adjectiveDevoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
"an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach"
5.adjectiveContaining no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
6.adjectiveFree; clear; devoid; often with of.
7.adjectiveHaving nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
8.adjectiveDestitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
"empty offer"
9.adjectiveUnable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
"empty pleasures"
10.adjectiveDestitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
"empty dreams"
11.adjectiveDestitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
"empty brains; an empty coxcomb"
12.adjective(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
"Empty cow rates have increased in recent years."
13.adjectiveProducing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
"an empty vine"

Synonyms

cleanclearleertoomunoccupiedlifelessvoidvacuousvacantempty-handedmeaninglessunfilled

Antonyms

fillnon-emptyfull

Rhymes With

m tattempt hecontempt hedreamt heem them tem tippm ti
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