'Empty' definitions:
Definition of 'empty'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: full]
adjective
Devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow, vacuous]
adjective
Needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: empty, empty-bellied]
adjective
Emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
noun
A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
verb
Make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" [ant: fill, fill up, make full]
verb
Become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [syn: empty, discharge] [ant: fill, fill up]
verb
Leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon]
verb
Remove; "Empty the water"
verb
Definition of 'Empty'
From: GCIDE
- Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I shall find you empty of that fault. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- When ye go ye shall not go empty. --Ex. iii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. [1913 Webster]
- Words are but empty thanks. --Cibber. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. [1913 Webster]
- Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xli. 27. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. [1913 Webster]
- That in civility thou seem'st so empty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- Syn: See Vacant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Empty'
From: GCIDE
- Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. Empties. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties." [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Empty'
From: GCIDE
- Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. --Eccl. xi. 3. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Empty'
From: GCIDE
- Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i.
- 1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'empty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- absurd,
- aimless,
- airy,
- apparently sound,
- arid,
- asinine,
- awkward,
- banal,
- bare,
- barren,
- baseless,
- blah,
- bland,
- blank,
- blankminded,
- bleached,
- bleed,
- bloodless,
- blow,
- blow out,
- bootless,
- broach,
- callow,
- calm,
- cast out,
- casuistic,
- catchpenny,
- characterless,
- cheap,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- cold,
- colorable,
- colorless,
- counterproductive,
- dead,
- deadpan,
- decant,
- deceptive,
- defecate,
- deplete,
- depleted,
- deserted,
- designless,
- desolate,
- destitute,
- destitute of,
- devoid,
- devoid of,
- discharge,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- dismal,
- dog-hungry,
- draft,
- draft off,
- draggy,
- drain,
- drain out,
- drained,
- draw,
- draw from,
- draw off,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dumb,
- dump,
- dusty,
- effete,
- eject,
- elephantine,
- eliminate,
- emptied,
- empty of,
- empty out,
- empty-headed,
- empty-minded,
- empty-pated,
- empty-skulled,
- etiolated,
- evacuate,
- exhaust,
- exhausted,
- expressionless,
- fade,
- fallacious,
- famished,
- famishing,
- fasting,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featureless,
- feckless,
- find vent,
- fishy,
- flat,
- flimsy,
- flow,
- flow out,
- foolish,
- forsaken,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- garbled,
- gauche,
- glassy,
- godforsaken,
- green,
- groping,
- groundless,
- gush,
- gush out,
- half-famished,
- half-starved,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- hungering,
- hungry,
- hypocritical,
- idle,
- ignorant,
- ill-founded,
- illusive,
- impassive,
- importless,
- in want of,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incogitant,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inexcitable,
- inexcusable,
- inexperienced,
- inexpressive,
- innocent,
- inoperative,
- insignificant,
- insincere,
- insipid,
- insubstantial,
- invalid,
- jejune,
- jesuitic,
- jet,
- know-nothing,
- leaden,
- let,
- let blood,
- let out,
- lifeless,
- light,
- low-spirited,
- mealymouthed,
- meaningless,
- milk,
- naive,
- nescient,
- new,
- nirvanic,
- nonconnotative,
- nondenotative,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- null,
- null and void,
- oblivious,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- outflow,
- outpour,
- overrefined,
- oversubtle,
- pale,
- pallid,
- paltry,
- passive,
- peckish,
- pedestrian,
- petty,
- phatic,
- philosophistic,
- phlebotomize,
- pinched with hunger,
- pipette,
- plausible,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poker-faced,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- pour,
- pour out,
- pump,
- pump out,
- purge,
- purportless,
- purposeless,
- put out,
- quietistic,
- rattlebrained,
- rattleheaded,
- ravening,
- ravenous,
- raw,
- relaxed,
- remove,
- run out,
- sans,
- scatterbrained,
- scour out,
- scrambled,
- senseless,
- shallow,
- sharp-set,
- silly,
- simple,
- siphon off,
- slender,
- slight,
- slow,
- sluice out,
- solemn,
- sophistic,
- sophistical,
- specious,
- spent,
- spew out,
- spiritless,
- spout,
- spout out,
- spurt,
- stark,
- starved,
- starving,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- strange to,
- stuffy,
- stupid,
- suck,
- suck out,
- superficial,
- superfluous,
- supernumerary,
- surge,
- surplus,
- sweep out,
- take away,
- take out,
- tap,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- tentative,
- thoughtfree,
- thoughtless,
- throw out,
- tongue in cheek,
- tranquil,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unacquainted,
- unadorned,
- unapprized,
- unavailing,
- unbased,
- uncandid,
- unclog,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- undecorated,
- unenlightened,
- unexpressive,
- unfamiliar,
- unfilled,
- unfoul,
- unfounded,
- unfrank,
- ungrounded,
- unideaed,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninhabitable,
- uninhabited,
- uninitiated,
- unintellectual,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unlively,
- unload,
- unmeaning,
- unoccupied,
- unposted,
- unreasoning,
- unrelieved,
- unripe,
- unsatisfying,
- unserious,
- unsignificant,
- unsupportable,
- unsupported,
- unsure,
- unsustainable,
- unsustained,
- untenable,
- untenanted,
- unthinking,
- unused,
- unversed,
- unwarranted,
- useless,
- vacant,
- vacate,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- valueless,
- vapid,
- venesect,
- vent,
- void,
- vomit forth,
- voracious,
- wanting,
- waste,
- well,
- well out,
- white,
- wild,
- windy,
- with nothing inside,
- without,
- without basis,
- without content,
- without foundation,
- wolfish,
- wooden,
- worthless