noun
- A container that has been emptied.
- usage: "return all empties to the store"
verb
- Make void or empty of contents.
- usage: "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
- Become empty or void of its content.
- usage: "The room emptied"
- synonyms: discharge
- Leave behind empty; move out of.
- usage: "You must vacate your office by tonight"
- Remove.
- usage: "Empty the water"
- Excrete or discharge from the body.
adjective
- Holding or containing nothing.
- usage: "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
- Devoid of significance or point.
- usage: "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
- Needing nourishment.
- usage: "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
- synonyms: empty-bellied
- Emptied of emotion.
- usage: "after the violent argument he felt empty"
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