Definitions for empty
ˈɛmp tiemp·ty

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. emptyadjective

   a container that has been emptied

   "return all empties to the store"

2. emptyadjective

   holding or containing nothing

   "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

3. empty, hollow, vacuousadjective

   devoid of significance or point

   "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

4. empty, empty-belliedadjective

   needing nourishment

   "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"

5. emptyverb

   emptied of emotion

   "after the violent argument he felt empty"

6. emptyverb

   make void or empty of contents

   "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

7. empty, dischargeverb

   become empty or void of its content

   "The room emptied"

8. vacate, empty, abandonverb

   leave behind empty; move out of

   "You must vacate your office by tonight"

9. emptyverb

   remove

   "Empty the water"

10. evacuate, void, emptyverb

    excrete or discharge from the body

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. emptynoun

   A bottle previously containing some liquid, especially a drink, and that is now empty.

   Put the empties out to be recycled.

2. emptyverb

   To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

3. emptyadjective

   Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

4. emptyadjective

   Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

5. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. EMPTYadjective

   Etymology: æmtig, Saxon.

   1. Void; having nothing in it; not full.

   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.

   2. Devoid; unfurnished.

   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.

   3. Unsatisfactory; unable to fill the mind or desires.4. Without any thing to carry; unburthened; unfreighted.

   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.

   5. Vacant of head; ignorant; unskilful; unfurnished with materials for thought.

   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.

   6. Without substance; without solidity; vain.

   The god of sleep there hides his heavy head,
   And empty dreams on ev’ry leaf are spread. John Dryden, Æn.

2. 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.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Empty

   free; clear; devoid; -- often with of

3. Empty

   having nothing to carry; unburdened

4. Empty

   destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats

5. Empty

   unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc

6. Empty

   producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine

7. Empty

   destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb

8. Empty

   destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams

9. Emptynoun

   an empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

10. 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

11. Emptyverb

    to discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean

12. Emptyverb

    to become empty

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. empty

   Cargo discharged.

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1. • Change
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   • Leave
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'empty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1960

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'empty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1989

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'empty' in Verbs Frequency: #1059

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'empty' in Adjectives Frequency: #251

How to pronounce empty?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of empty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of empty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of empty in a Sentence

1. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski:

   When I opened the treasury, it was empty! bit by bit, in two to three years, we had turned things around. Peru started to grow.

2. Charles Peguy:

   It is innocence that is full and experience that is empty. It is innocence that wins and experience that loses.

3. Mao Zedong:

   Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On intellectuals)

4. Babylonian Talmud:

   Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.

5. Georges Kapiamba:

   They reduced the sentence to six months but we reject that, this is shameful. The dossier is empty.

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