Definition of empty

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Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties..

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Jinny Road :: "Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To empty.
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..
Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask..
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..
Exinanition :: Exinanition (n.) An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc..
Form :: Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant..
Gassing :: Gassing (n.) Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
Braggadocio :: Braggadocio (n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Fig.: Empty; airy.
Sound :: Sound (n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
Emptying :: Emptying (n.) The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast..
Devoid :: Devoid (v. t.) Void; empty; vacant.
Leer :: Leer (a.) Empty; destitute; wantin.
Emptiness :: Emptiness (n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach..
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