ADJECTIVE | all | empty | holding or containing nothing |
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all | empty, hollow, vacuous | devoid of significance or point | |
all | empty, empty-bellied | needing nourishment | |
all | empty | emptied of emotion | |
VERB | change | empty | make void or empty of contents |
change | empty, discharge | become empty or void of its content | |
motion | empty, vacate, abandon | leave behind empty | |
contact | empty | remove | |
body | empty, evacuate, void | excrete or discharge from the body | |
NOUN | artifact | empty | a container that has been emptied |
Sounds | eh'mptiy; eh'mtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | holding or containing nothing. | |
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Attribute of | fullness | The condition of being filled to capacity |
Narrower | bare, stripped | Having everything extraneous removed including contents |
blank, clean, white | void of expression | |
empty-handed | carrying nothing in the hands | |
glassy, glazed | (used of eyes) lacking liveliness | |
lifeless | Destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings | |
looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked | wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value | |
vacant | Without an occupant or incumbent | |
vacant | void of thought or knowledge | |
vacuous | Devoid of matter | |
void | Containing nothing | |
See also | hollow | not solid |
Opposite | full | Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
Spanish | vacío | |
Catalan | buit | |
Nouns | emptiness | the state of containing nothing |
Meaning | Devoid of significance or point. | |
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Example | "empty promises" | |
Synonyms | hollow, vacuous | |
Broader | meaningless, nonmeaningful | Having no meaning / meaning or direction or purpose |
Spanish | vacío, vano | |
Catalan | buit, va | |
Nouns | emptiness | the quality of being valueless or futile |
Meaning | Needing nourishment. | |
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Synonym | empty-bellied | |
Broader | hungry | Feeling hunger |
Nouns | emptiness | having an empty stomach |
Meaning | Emptied of emotion. | |
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Example | "after the violent argument he felt empty" | |
Broader | drained | Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid / liquid) |
Nouns | emptiness | the state of containing nothing |
Meaning | A container that has been emptied. | |
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Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
Spanish | casco, cascos, envase, envases | |
Catalan | envàs | |
Verbs | empty | become empty or void of its content |
empty | make void or empty of contents | |
empty | remove |
Meaning | make void or empty of contents. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They empty the sink of water | |
Example | "Empty the box" | |
Cause to | empty, discharge | Become empty or void of its content |
Narrower | bail | Empty (a vessel) by bailing |
bleed | drain of liquid / liquid or steam | |
clean out, clear out | Empty completely | |
clear | Remove the occupants of | |
clear | Rid of instructions or data | |
drain | Empty of liquid / liquid | |
evacuate | Empty completely | |
evacuate | create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | |
eviscerate | Remove the contents of | |
exhaust | use up the whole supply of | |
gut | Empty completely | |
hollow, hollow out, core out | Remove the interior of | |
knock out | Empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out | |
void | Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
Spanish | vaciar | |
Catalan | abocar, buidar-se, buidar, desallotjar, descarregar, desguassar, evacuar, vessar-se, vessar | |
Nouns | empty | a container that has been emptied |
emptying | the act of removing the contents of something |
Meaning | Become empty or void of its content. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonym | discharge | |
Caused by | empty | make void or empty of contents |
Narrower | flow away, flow off | flow off or away gradually |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
Opposite | fill, fill up | Become full |
Spanish | desalojar, descargarse, descargar, desocupar, vaciar | |
Catalan | buidar, desallotjar, descarregar-se, descarregar, desocupar | |
Nouns | empty | a container that has been emptied |
Meaning | leave behind empty; move out of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | vacate, abandon | |
Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
Spanish | abandonar, desalojar, evacuar | |
Catalan | abandonar, desallotjar, evacuar |
Meaning | Remove. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | They empty the water from the sink | |
Example | "Empty the water" | |
Narrower | unload, unlade, offload | Take the load off (a container or vehicle) |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Nouns | empty | a container that has been emptied |
emptying | the act of removing the contents of something |
Meaning | excrete or discharge from the body. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | evacuate, void | |
Caused by | purge | excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body) |
Narrower | suction | Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction |
Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
Spanish | arrojar, echar, evacuar | |
Catalan | evacuar, treure |
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