What does EMPTY mean?
Definitions for EMPTY
ˈɛmp tiemp·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word EMPTY.
Princeton's WordNet
emptyadjective
a container that has been emptied
"return all empties to the store"
emptyadjective
holding or containing nothing
"an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
empty, hollow, vacuousadjective
devoid of significance or point
"empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
empty, empty-belliedadjective
needing nourishment
"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
emptyverb
emptied of emotion
"after the violent argument he felt empty"
emptyverb
make void or empty of contents
"Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
empty, dischargeverb
become empty or void of its content
"The room emptied"
vacate, empty, abandonverb
leave behind empty; move out of
"You must vacate your office by tonight"
emptyverb
remove
"Empty the water"
evacuate, void, emptyverb
excrete or discharge from the body
Wiktionary
emptynoun
A bottle previously containing some liquid, especially a drink, and that is now empty.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
emptyverb
To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
emptyadjective
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
emptyadjective
Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Etymology: From emty, from æmtig, æmettig, from uz- + mōtijô, from med-. Related to Old English geæmtigian, æmetta, Old English motan. More at mote, meet.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
EMPTYadjective
Etymology: æmtig, Saxon.
I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart; but the saying is true, the empty vessel makes the greatest sound. William Shakespeare, Henry V.
The pit was empty, there was no water in it. Gen. xxxvii.
If you have two vessels to fill, and you empty one to fill the other, you gain nothing by that; there still remains one vessel empty. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
Art thou thus boldened, man, by thy distress?
Or else a rude despiser of good manners,
That in civility thou seem’st so empty? William Shakespeare, As you like it.Mr. Boyle has shewed, that air may be rarified above ten thousand times in vessels of glass; and the heavens are much emptier of air than any vacuum we can make below. Newton.
He alleges that the satyrs carried platters full of fruit in their hands; but if they had been empty handed, had they been ever the larger satyrs? John Dryden, Juvenal, Dedication.
Yet all the little that I got, I spent;
And still return’d as empty as I went. John Dryden, Virg. Past.How comes it that so many worthy and wise men depend upon so many unworthy and empty headed fools! Walter Raleigh.
His answer is a handsome way of exposing an empty, trifling, pretending pedant; the wit lively, the satyr courtly and severe. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.
The god of sleep there hides his heavy head,
And empty dreams on ev’ry leaf are spread. John Dryden, Æn.To Emptyverb
To evacuate; to exhaust; to deprive of that which was contained in it.
Etymology: from the adjective.
Boundless intemperance,
In nature is a tyranny: it hath been
Th’ untimely emptying of the happy throne,
And fall of many kings. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.The emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. Nah. ii. 2.
Sheep are often blind by fulness of blood: cut their tails, and empty them of their blood. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
The Euxine sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe, and the great navigable rivers that empty themselves into it. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
ChatGPT
empty
Empty generally means having nothing inside or being vacant. It can refer to physical objects or spaces that lack any contents or presence. It can also describe a state of lacking emotions, feelings, significance, or purpose. Additionally, it can be used to describe a situation or condition where something is missing or lacking in a certain aspect. Overall, empty conveys the absence or lack of something.
Webster Dictionary
Empty
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
Empty
free; clear; devoid; -- often with of
Empty
having nothing to carry; unburdened
Empty
destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats
Empty
unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc
Empty
producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine
Empty
destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb
Empty
destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams
Emptynoun
an empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
Emptyverb
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
Emptyverb
to discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean
Emptyverb
to become empty
Wikidata
Empty
Empty is the first studio album released by Christian rock band Tait. This album features Pete Stewart from Grammatrain, who is absent in the next album. Several songs are influenced by the passing of Michael Tait's late father Nathel, for whom the band is named. The advance pre-release copy for this album contained slightly different mixes to the released CD and omitted the track "Altars" as well as both hidden tracks. "Altars" is the only song from this album to be turned into a music video; "Loss For Words" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Extreme Days. There are two hidden tracks on this CD, one an instrumental piece that appears after the closing track "Unglued," the other in the pregap before the opening track "Alibi," which can be accessed by pressing the 'rewind' button on the CD player when track one begins. The disc scans back 6 minutes and 48 seconds into negative numbers revealing answering machine messages with Michael Tait doing various character impersonations. There is also a short joke-oriented piece in this hidden track.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Empty
emp′ti, adj. having nothing in it: unfurnished: without effect: unsatisfactory: wanting substance: foolish.—v.t. to make empty: to deprive of contents.—v.i. to become empty: to discharge its contents:—pa.p. emp′tied.—n. an empty vessel, box, sack, &c.:—pl. Emp′ties.—ns. Emp′tier: Emp′tiness, state of being empty: want of substance: unsatisfactoriness: inanity.—adj. Emp′ty-hand′ed, carrying nothing, esp. of a gift.—n. Emp′tying.—Come away empty, to come away without having received anything. [A.S. ǽmetig—ǽmetta, leisure, rest. The p is excrescent.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
empty
Cargo discharged.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EMPTY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1960
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EMPTY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1989
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EMPTY' in Verbs Frequency: #1059
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EMPTY' in Adjectives Frequency: #251
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of EMPTY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of EMPTY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of EMPTY in a Sentence
The streets are empty. The city is void of its residents. Gun shots can be heard in several neighborhoods.
Our team was playing good defense. We were holding them. We were getting stops, so we couldn't finish with empty possessions, we had to stay confident that shots were going to fall.
It is innocence that is full and experience that is empty. It is innocence that wins and experience that loses.
The sound produced in a squalid head is like a click because the skull is empty. So it goes through fast.
When kings the sword of justice first lay down; They art no kings, though they posess the crown; Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things, The good of subjects is the end of kings.
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- فارغ, فرغArabic
- puç, xali, boşAzerbaijani
- пустыBelarusian
- изпразвам, празенBulgarian
- খালিBengali
- goullo, goullonderiñBreton
- buit, buidarCatalan, Valencian
- prázdný, vyprázdnitCzech
- coeg, gwagWelsh
- tømme, tomDanish
- leer, leeren, entleeren, ausleerenGerman
- αδειάζω, κενός, άδειοςGreek
- malplenigi, malplenaEsperanto
- vaciar, vacíoSpanish
- tühiEstonian
- خالی, تهی, پوچ, خالی کردنPersian
- tyhjä, tyhjentääFinnish
- tómur, tømaFaroese
- vide, viderFrench
- folamhIrish
- falamh, fàsScottish Gaelic
- casco, baleiro, oco, van, baleirarGalician
- ख़ाली करना, ख़ाली, रिक्त, छूछाHindi
- üresHungarian
- պարապ, դատարկել, թափելArmenian
- kosongIndonesian
- vakua, vakuigarIdo
- tæma, tómurIcelandic
- vuotare, vuotoItalian
- 空, 空にする, 空っぽJapanese
- ცარიელიGeorgian
- бос, құрKazakh
- ទទេ, ទំនេរKhmer
- ಖಾಲಿKannada
- 비다, 비우다Korean
- بهتاڵ, valaKurdish
- куру, бошKyrgyz
- inanisLatin
- eidelLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຫວ່າງ, ເວົ່າLao
- tuščiasLithuanian
- tukšsLatvian
- kautahanga, whakapiakoMāori
- празенMacedonian
- хоосонMongolian
- kosongMalay
- လွတ်Burmese
- leeg, leegmaken, legenDutch
- tom, tømmeNorwegian
- vuòg, vuèg, void, voidarOccitan
- pusty, próżny, opróżnićPolish
- casco, vazio, esvaziarPortuguese
- deșert, golit, gol, deșerta, liber, vid, goli, descărcaRomanian
- опустошить, пустой, порожний, опустошать, опорожнять, опорожнитьRussian
- празан, prazan, испразнити, ispráznitiSerbo-Croatian
- prázdnySlovak
- prazen, pust, prazniti, izpraznitiSlovene
- boshAlbanian
- tömma, tomflaska, tomglas, tomSwedish
- utupuSwahili
- காலியாகTamil
- ఒట్టి, ఖాళీTelugu
- тиҳӣ, холӣTajik
- หว่า, ว้างThai
- boşTurkmen
- boşTurkish
- порожній, пустийUkrainian
- خالی کرنا, خالی, چھوچھاUrdu
- boʻshUzbek
- tẩy trống, tẩy sạchVietnamese
- vudîWalloon
- ליידיקYiddish
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