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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emptying \Emp"ty*ing\, n. 1. The act of making empty. --Shak. 2. pl The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.] 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]: emptying n : the act of removing the contents of something [syn: {voidance}, {evacuation}]
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