empty

[ emp-tee ]

/ ˈɛmp ti /

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adjective, emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est.

containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.

vacant; unoccupied: an empty house.

without cargo or load: an empty wagon.

destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.

destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually followed by of): Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.

without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless: empty compliments; empty pleasures.

not employed in useful activity or work; idle: empty summer days.

Mathematics. (of a set) containing no elements; null; void.

hungry: I'm feeling rather empty—let's have lunch.

without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish: an empty head.

completely spent of emotion: The experience had left him with an empty heart.

verb (used with object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

to make empty; deprive of contents; discharge the contents of: to empty a bucket.

to discharge (contents): to empty the water out of a bucket.

verb (used without object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

to become empty: The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.

to discharge contents, as a river: The river empties into the sea.

noun, plural emp·ties.

Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can: Throw the empties into the waste bin.

Origin of empty

before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant ( ǣmett(a) leisure ( ǣ- a-³ + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; cf. must¹, meet¹) + -ig -y¹)

SYNONYMS FOR empty

1 vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form.

6 delusive, vain.

12 unload, unburden.

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ANTONYMS FOR empty

1 full.

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OTHER WORDS FROM empty

emp·ti·a·ble, adjective emp·ti·er, noun emp·ti·ly, adverb emp·ti·ness, noun

o·ver·emp·ty, adjective qua·si-emp·ty, adjective self-emp·ti·ness, noun self-emp·ty·ing, adjective un·emp·tied, adjective un·emp·ty, adjective

Words nearby empty

emprise, emprosthotonos, empson, empt, emptor, empty, empty calorie, empty calories, empty cow, empty morph, empty nest

Example sentences from the Web for emptily

And she was walking with Mr. Pond down the corridor, which was so long, echoing so emptily.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
To us it seems far out of focus and expressed about as emptily and unhappily as possible.

The Color Line |William Benjamin Smith
Plan after plan was brought forward and set aside for this reason or for that, till at length they stared at each other emptily.

The Lady Of Blossholme |H. Rider Haggard
And then he emptily talks of the "magnificent sweep of my eloquence," and my "oratoric power."

Apologia pro Vita Sua |John Henry Newman

He looked into it with sharp scrutiny, and tapped it emptily on his open palm.

The Turtles of Tasman |Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for emptily

empty

/ (ˈɛmptɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

containing nothing

without inhabitants; vacant or unoccupied

carrying no load, passengers, etc

without purpose, substance, or value an empty life

insincere or trivial empty words

not expressive or vital; vacant she has an empty look

informal hungry

(postpositive foll by of) devoid; destitute a life empty of happiness

informal drained of energy or emotion after the violent argument he felt very empty

maths logic (of a set or class) containing no members

philosophy logic (of a name or description) having no reference

verb -ties, -tying or -tied

to make or become empty

(when intr, foll by into) to discharge (contents)

(tr often foll by of) to unburden or rid (oneself) to empty oneself of emotion

noun plural -ties

an empty container, esp a bottle

Derived forms of empty

emptiable, adjective emptier, noun emptily, adverb emptiness, noun

Word Origin for empty

Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see must 1

Idioms and Phrases with emptily

empty

In addition to the idioms beginning with empty

empty calories
empty nest
empty suit

also see:

glass is half full (half empty)
running on empty

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empty

adjective, emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est.

verb (used with object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

verb (used without object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

noun, plural emp·ties.

Origin of empty

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British Dictionary definitions for emptily

adjective -tier or -tiest

verb -ties, -tying or -tied

noun plural -ties

Derived forms of empty

Word Origin for empty

Idioms and Phrases with emptily

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empty

adjective, emp·ti·er, emp·ti·est.

verb (used with object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

verb (used without object), emp·tied, emp·ty·ing.

noun, plural emp·ties.

Origin of empty

SYNONYMS FOR empty

ANTONYMS FOR empty

OTHER WORDS FROM empty

Words nearby empty

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adjective -tier or -tiest

verb -ties, -tying or -tied

noun plural -ties

Derived forms of empty

Word Origin for empty

Idioms and Phrases with emptily

British Dictionary definitions for emptily