empty
Meaning of empty
noun
- (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
- To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
- Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.
- Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
- Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
- Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
- Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
- Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
empty offer
- Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
empty pleasures
- Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
empty dreams
- Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
empty brains; an empty coxcomb
- (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
- Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
an empty vine
Information about empty
- The plural form of empty is: empties.
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Hyphenation of empty
empty
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- empty is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
empty synonyms
Meaning hollow:
Meaning discharge:
Meaning vacate:
Meaning evacuate:
Meaning :
clean, clear, leer, toom, unoccupied
empty antonyms
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Translation of empty
- Italian: vuoto, vuota, vacuo, svuotare, vuotare, svuotarsi, vuotarsi
- Portuguese: vazia, vazio, esvaziar
- German: leer, leeren, entleeren
- French: vide, vider
- Spanish: vacío, vacía, vaciar, vaciarse
Words that rhyme with empty
Jempty, fempty, nonempty, overempty, unempty, Dumpty, dumpty, humpty, numpty, umpty
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