empty (ˈɛmptɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- 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
- mathematics logic (of a set or class) containing no members
- philosophy logic (of a name or description) having no reference
verb
- 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
- an empty container, esp a bottle
Alternative Forms
ˈemptiable adjective ˈemptier noun ˈemptily adverb ˈemptiness nounWord Origin
Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see mustOld English from free time, from without + from to be obliged to; see 1Synonyms
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bare,
clear,
abandoned,
deserted,
vacant,
free,
void,
desolate,
destitute,
uninhabited,
unoccupied,
waste,
unfurnished,
untenanted,
without contents
MT,
=
meaningless,
cheap,
hollow,
vain,
idle,
trivial,
ineffective,
futile,
insubstantial,
insincere,
MT,
Translations
- British English:
empty
An empty place, vehicle, or container has no people or things in it.The room was bare and empty.ˈɛmptɪ ADJECTIVE The room was bare and empty.
- Spanish:
vacío
adj vacía
- French:
vide
adj
- German:
leer
adj
- Chinese: 空的 adj
- Arabic: خالٍ adj
- Portuguese: vazio adj vazia
- Russian: пустой adj пустая
- Croatian: prazan adj prazna
- Czech: prázdný adj
- Danish: tom adj
- Dutch: leeg adj
- Finnish: tyhjä adj
- Greek: άδειος adj άδεια
- Italian: vuoto adj vuota
- Japanese: 空の no_posp
- Korean: 빈 adj
- Norwegian: tom adj
- Polish: pusty adj pusta
- Brazilian Portuguese: vazio adj vazia
- European Spanish:
vacío
adj vacía
- Swedish: tom adj tomt
- Thai: ว่างเปล่า adj
- Turkish: boş adj
- Vietnamese: trống rỗng adj
- British English:
empty
If you empty a container, or if you empty something out of it, you remove its contents.Empty the noodles into a bowl.ˈɛmptɪ VERB Empty the noodles into a bowl.
- Spanish:
vaciar
v
- French:
vider
vt
- German:
entleeren
v
- Chinese: 倒空 vt
- Arabic: يُفْرِغُ vt
- Portuguese: esvaziar vt
- Russian: опорожнять vt
- Croatian: isprazniti v
- Czech: vyprázdnit vt vyprazdňovat
- Danish: tømme v
- Dutch: legen vt
- Finnish: tyhjentää v
- Greek: αδειάζω v
- Italian: svuotare v
- Japanese: 空にする v
- Korean: (든 것을) 비우다 vt
- Norwegian: tømme v
- Polish: opróżnić vt opróżniać
- Brazilian Portuguese: esvaziar vt
- European Spanish:
vaciar
v
- Swedish: tömma vt
- Thai: ทำให้ว่างเปล่า vt
- Turkish: boşaltmak vt
- Vietnamese: dốc ra v
Usage examples
It was empty with the strange exception of a few girls hanging about.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)Someone else would cull where I dither, and there would be a result-not an empty album and box after box of photographs.
Country Life (2004)The rebound fell to Diop who, despite being on the ground, hooked a shot into an empty net.
Irish Times (2002)He had cost the club £100,000, but the move petered out amid empty beer glasses and a swelling girth.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Producing a small clay decoy pipe, Milligan started to pat his empty pockets.
, THE ESSENTIAL SPIKE MILLIGAN (2002)