'Emptying' definitions:

Definition of 'emptying'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation]

Definition of 'Emptying'

From: GCIDE
  • Emptying \Emp"ty*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of making empty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Emptying'

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]