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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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