Definition:
- (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.
- (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
- (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
- (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
- (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
- (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
- (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
- (superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
- (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
- (v. i.) To become empty.
Compare empty with other words:
empty vs. kempty
empty vs. nothing
empty vs. exhaust
empty vs. open
empty vs. free
empty vs. flat
empty vs. purge
empty vs. vacuation
empty vs. vacuate
empty vs. exsufflicate
desolate vs. empty
drain vs. empty
empty vs. mobile
empty vs. vacuum
empty vs. vacuous
dispeople vs. empty
empty vs. lere
empty vs. gassing
empty vs. vacuity
empty vs. gasbag
empty vs. emptying
empty vs. flummery
empty vs. vacate
empty vs. template
empty vs. hollow
cashed vs. empty
empty vs. stripper
empty vs. squeak
empty vs. inane
defecate vs. empty
empty vs. strip
empty vs. populate
concave vs. empty
empty vs. evacuation
empty vs. evacuate
devoid vs. empty
empty vs. teem
blank vs. empty
empty vs. population
empty vs. lonely
avoid vs. empty
empty vs. fill
empty vs. void
emptiness vs. empty
clean vs. empty
clear vs. empty
empty vs. toom
empty vs. unoccupied
empty vs. null
array vs. empty
empty vs. string
element vs. empty
empty vs. vacant
content vs. empty
bare vs. empty
cant vs. empty
area vs. empty
empty vs. tare
empty vs. full