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/ˈɛm(p).ti/
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[ˈɛm(p).tʰi]
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/ˈɪm(p).ti/
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[ˈɪm(p).tʰi]
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/ˈem(p).ti/
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[ˈem(p).tʰi]
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ˈɛmpti
Adjective
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
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The bottle is empty.
an empty purse
an empty jug
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an empty stomach
[…] something in the little man's appearance suggested that he would be sufficiently attentive to his own comfort to choose the emptiest table.
[…] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.
United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
It's a 58-minute journey with seven intermediate stops, including a reversal at Cromer - another popular destination. The train starts to empty at North Walsham, and then there is an exodus at Cromer. The coach is almost empty for the final few miles into Sheringham.
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
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Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
Usage- Obsolete
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And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.
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For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Womans domestic honour and chief praise;
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
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I hope our Ladies treaſure and our owne, May ſerue for ranſome to our liberties: Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe, That we may trauell into Siria, […]
I hope it remaines not vnkindly with your Lordſhip, that I return'd you an empty Meſſenger.
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And I will giue this people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to passe that when ye goe, ye shall not goe empty:
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
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Those were empty promises.
empty words, or threats
empty offer
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empty promises
[…] words are but empty thanks; my future conduct best will speak my gratitude.
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
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empty pleasures
Ev'n I more sweetly pass my careless days, Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise;
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
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empty dreams
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
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empty brains
an empty coxcomb
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Art thou thus bolden'd man by thy diſtres? Or elſe a rude deſpiſer of good manners, That in ciuility thou ſeem'ſt ſo emptie?
Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
Usage- of some female animals
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Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
Producing nothing; unfruitful.
Usage- Obsolete
- of a plant or tree
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an empty vine
[…] and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East wind[…]
Hungry.
Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.
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Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared.
Verb
To make empty; to remove the contents of.
Usage- ergative
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Please empty the bag.
to empty a well or a cistern
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
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The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets.
If the clouds be full of raine, they emptie themselues vpon the earth[…]
He saddens, all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall, And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […]
It's a 58-minute journey with seven intermediate stops, including a reversal at Cromer - another popular destination. The train starts to empty at North Walsham, and then there is an exodus at Cromer. The coach is almost empty for the final few miles into Sheringham.
Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
Usage- Intransitive
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Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.
Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the Euxine.
Noun
A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Usage- in-plural
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Put the empties out to be recycled.
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The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.
A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit.
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In 1960 Willem de Kooning said of [Leo] Castelli, ‘That son of a bitch, you could give him two beer cans and he could sell them.’ [Jasper] Johns laughed and created a sculpture of two Ballantine Ale empties. Castelli immediately sold the work to collectors Robert and Ethel Scull.
A number of locomotives have been drafted into the area to cover the traction shortfall, including two Class 60s: here No 60039 accelerates away from Eastleigh on the Chandlers Ford branch with the lunchtime Fareham to Whatley quarry empties on 20 August 2019.
Adjective
holding or containing nothing
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an empty glass
an empty room
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full of empty seats
empty hours
devoid of significance or force
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empty promises
a hollow victory
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vacuous comments
needing nourishment
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after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
empty-bellied children
emptied of emotion
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after the violent argument he felt empty
Noun
a container that has been emptied
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return all empties to the store
Verb
make void or empty of contents
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Empty the box
The alarm emptied the building
become empty or void of its content
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The room emptied
leave behind empty; move out of
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You must vacate your office by tonight
remove the contents of a container
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Empty the water
excrete or discharge from the body