empty

Meaning of empty

noun
  1. (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
    Put the empties out to be recycled.
verb
  1. To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
    The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
  2. 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.
adjective
  1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
    an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
  2. Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
  3. Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
  4. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
  5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
    empty offer
  6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
    empty pleasures
  7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
    empty dreams
  8. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
    empty brains; an empty coxcomb
  9. (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.
  10. 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:

hollow, vacuous

Meaning discharge:

discharge

Meaning vacate:

vacate, abandon

Meaning evacuate:

evacuate, void

Meaning :

clean, clear, leer, toom, unoccupied

empty antonyms

Meaning :

fill, full

Translation of empty

Words that rhyme with empty

Jempty, fempty, nonempty, overempty, unempty, Dumpty, dumpty, humpty, numpty, umpty

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