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What (who) is Empty - definition
empty
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Empty (song); Empty (album); Empty ; (disambiguation); Empty ;; Empty (disambiguation)
¦ adjective (emptier, emptiest)
1. containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
Mathematics (of a set) containing no members or elements.
2. (of words or a gesture) lacking sincerity.
3. having no value or purpose.
¦ verb (empties, emptying, emptied)
1. make or become empty.
discharge (the contents) from a container.
2. (of a river) discharge itself into the sea or a lake.
¦ noun (plural empties) informal a bottle or glass left empty of its contents.
Phrases
be running on empty have exhausted all of one's resources.
Derivatives
emptily adverb
emptiness noun
Origin
OE mtig, metig 'at leisure, empty', from metta 'leisure'.
empty
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Empty (song); Empty (album); Empty ; (disambiguation); Empty ;; Empty (disambiguation)
(emptier, emptiest, empties, emptying, emptied)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it.
The room was bare and empty.
...empty cans of lager...
The roads were nearly empty of traffic.
ADJ: oft ADJ of n
2.
An empty gesture, threat, or relationship has no real value or meaning.
His father threatened to throw him out, but he knew it was an empty threat.
...to ensure the event is not perceived as an empty gesture.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
If you describe a person's life or a period of time as empty, you mean that nothing interesting or valuable happens in it.
My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
4.
If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting.
I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more.
ADJ: usu feel ADJ, also ADJ n
5.
If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up.
I emptied the ashtray...
Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl...
He emptied the contents out into the palm of his hand.
VERB: V n, V n prep, V n with out
6.
If someone empties a room or place, or if it empties, everyone that is in it goes away.
The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of athletics.
...a woman who could empty a pub full of drunks just by lifting one fist.
VERB: V, V n
7.
A river or canal that empties into a lake, river, or sea flows into it.
The Washougal empties into the Columbia River near Portland.
VERB: V into n
8.
Empties are bottles or containers which no longer have anything in them.
N-COUNT: usu pl
Empty
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Empty (song); Empty (album); Empty ; (disambiguation); Empty ;; Empty (disambiguation)
·vi To become empty.
II. Empty ·superl Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
III. Empty ·superl Free; clear; devoid;
- often with of.
IV. Empty ·vi To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
V. Empty ·superl Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
VI. Empty ·superl Producing nothing; unfruitful;
- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
VII. Empty ·superl Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain;
- said of pleasure, the world, ·etc.
VIII. Empty ·superl Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense;
- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
IX. Empty ·superl Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
X. Empty ·noun An empty box, crate, cask, ·etc.;
- used in commerce, ·esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties.".
XI. Empty ·vt 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.
XII. Empty ·superl Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled;
- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, ·etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
Examples of use of Empty
1. There‘s all these empty houses – one‘s been empty for 12 years.
2. But skiing is a social activity, and the trade–off for empty slopes is empty bars.
3. He is filling an empty place in his office, an empty place in his official vehicle, an empty place in the plane that takes him on another barren trip overseas, an empty place in the prime minister‘s seat.
4. But the box it was in was empty and I asked him to empty his pockets.
5. At Mologne House, the rooms empty and fill, empty and fill.