empty (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 10 senses of the word *empty*:
ADJECTIVE	all	empty	holding or containing nothing
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

empty > pronunciation
Sounds	eh'mptiy; eh'mtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *empty*: 10 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	holding or containing nothing.
Examples	"an empty glass" "an empty room" "full of empty seats" "empty hours"
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Devoid of significance or point.
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Needing nourishment.
Examples	"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children"
Synonym	empty-bellied
Broader	hungry	Feeling hunger
Nouns	emptiness	having an empty stomach

English > *empty*: 10 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	Emptied of emotion.
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A container that has been emptied.
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	make void or empty of contents.
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
Nouns	emptying	the act of removing the contents of something

English > *empty*: 10 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Become empty or void of its content.
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > verb 3, motion
Meaning	leave behind empty; move out of.
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

English > *empty*: 10 senses > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Remove.
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
Nouns	emptying	the act of removing the contents of something

English > *empty*: 10 senses > verb 5, body
Meaning	excrete or discharge from the body.
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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