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List of meaning for empty

unable to satisfy; hollow; vain

empty(adj)

a container that has been emptied

"return all empties to the store"

empty(adj)

holding or containing nothing

"an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

empty, hollow, vacuous(adj)

devoid of significance or point

"empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

empty, empty-bellied(adj)

needing nourishment

"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"

empty(verb)

emptied of emotion

"after the violent argument he felt empty"

empty(verb)

make void or empty of contents

"Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

empty, discharge(verb)

become empty or void of its content

"The room emptied"

vacate, empty, abandon(verb)

leave behind empty; move out of

"You must vacate your office by tonight"

empty(verb)

remove

"Empty the water"

evacuate, void, empty(verb)

excrete or discharge from the body

lacking contents that could or should be present

the refrigerator is empty, so we'll have to eat out

feeling a desire or need for food

as the long car trip wore on, we all started to feel a little empty

having no meaning

spare me your empty apologies because if you were truly sorry, you'd change

having no usefulness

an empty task that was assigned just to keep us busy

producing no results

all of the leads in the missing-person case were turning up empty

not expressing any emotion

the speaker looked out at a crowd of empty faces

to remove the contents of

empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling

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