Definition of empty

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Empty (superl.) 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..

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Emptier :: Emptier (compar.) of Empty.
Exinanition :: Exinanition (n.) An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry..
Airy :: Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Jejune :: Jejune (a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
Emptiness :: Emptiness (n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach..
Empty :: Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties..
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish..
Nightman :: Nightman (n.) One whose business is emptying privies by night.
Empty :: Empty (v. t.) 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..
Void :: Void (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table..
Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Shallow-brained :: Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
Penstock :: Penstock (n.) A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses..
Cant :: Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..
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