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empty

('/E/mpt/i/ )

holding or containing nothing(adj.all)

Example:
An empty glass.
An empty room.
Full of empty seats.
Empty hours.

Antonym:
full

source: wordnet30
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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a container that has been emptied(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."(noun)

source: webster1913

make void or empty of contents(verb.change)

Example:
Empty the box.

Antonym:
fill, fill up, make full

source: wordnet30
become empty or void of its content(verb.change)

Synonym:
discharge
Antonym:
fill, fill up

source: wordnet30
leave behind empty; move out of(verb.motion)

Synonym:
abandon, vacate

source: wordnet30
remove(verb.contact)

Example:
Empty the water.

Synonym:
clear, doff

source: wordnet30
excrete or discharge from the body(verb.body)

Synonym:
evacuate, void

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.(verb)

source: webster1913