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adjective Empty adj. (compar. emptier; superl. emptiest) 1.Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles. 2.Free; clear; devoid; often with of. "That fair female troop... empty of all good." "I shall find you empty of that fault." 3.Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." "When ye go ye shall not go empty." 4.Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language; as, empty words, or threats. "Words are but empty thanks." 5.Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; said of pleasure, the world, etc. "Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise." 6.Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. "Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind." 7.Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. "That in civility thou seem'st so empty." 8.Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
verb Empty v. t. (past & past part. emptied; pres. part. emptying) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. "The clouds... empty themselves upon the earth."
Empty v. i. 1.To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. 2.To become empty. "The chapel empties."
noun Empty n. (pl. empties) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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