empty
Cross references:
1. vain
1. emp.ty \'em(p)-te-\ av [ME, fr. OE -mettig unoccupied, fr.
-metta]leisure, fr. -- without + -metta (fr. mo-tan to have to)
1a: containing nothing 1b: UNOCCUPIED 1c: UNINHABITED 1d: UNFREQUENTED
1e: not pregnant {~ heifer} 1f: NULL 2a: lacking reality, substance, or
value : HOLLOW {an ~ pl easure} 2b: destitute of effect or force 2c:
devoid of sense : FOOLISH 3: HUNGRY 4a: IDLE {~ hours} 4b: having no
purpose or result : USELESS 5: marked by the absence of human life,
activity, or comfort plies a complete lack or absence of usual content;
VACANT implies absence of any occupant or tenant or inmate; BLANK stresses
the lack of any significant, intelligible, or relieving features on a
surface, esp. freedom from writing or marking; VOID implies the absence of
anything whatever, utter emptiness; VACUOUS suggests the emptiness of a
vacuum and esp. the lack of intelligence or significance SYN syn VACANT,
BLANK, VOID, VACUOUS: EMPTY im
2. empty vt 1a: to make empty : remove the contents of 1b: DEPRIVE, DIVEST
1c: to discharge (itself) of contents 2: to remove from what holds or
encloses 3: to transfer by emptying 1: to become empty 2: to discharge
its contents
3. empty n : something that is empty : as : an empty container : an
unoccupied vehicle