Hypertext Webster Gateway: "empty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl.
{Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta,
[ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
emsig busy.]
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within;
void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; --
said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an
empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach;
empty shackles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. ``The chapel empties.'' --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. {Empties}.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in
transportation of freight; as, ``special rates for empties.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{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.
--Eccl. xi. 3.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
empty
adj 1: holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty
room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: {full}]
2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {hollow}, {vacuous}]
3: having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
4: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty
by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: {empty-bellied}]
5: emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt
empty"
n : a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to
the store"
v 1: make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm
emptied the building" [ant: {fill}]
2: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
[syn: {discharge}] [ant: {fill}]
3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your
office by tonight" [syn: {vacate}, {abandon}]
4: remove; "Empty the water"
5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {evacuate}, {void},
{eliminate}]
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