[
UK
/ˈɛmpti/
]
[ US /ˈɛmpti, ˈɛmti/ ]
[ US /ˈɛmpti, ˈɛmti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
needing nourishment
after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
empty-bellied children -
emptied of emotion
after the violent argument he felt empty -
holding or containing nothing
an empty room
full of empty seats
empty hours
an empty glass -
devoid of significance or force
empty promises
vacuous comments
a hollow victory
NOUN
-
a container that has been emptied
return all empties to the store
VERB
- excrete or discharge from the body
-
become empty or void of its content
The room emptied -
make void or empty of contents
Empty the box
The alarm emptied the building -
leave behind empty; move out of
You must vacate your office by tonight -
remove
Empty the water
How To Use empty In A Sentence
- It is by these special touches that the author infuses the books with the spirit of humanity, without which a fantasy becomes an empty fancy.
- An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.
- He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
- We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
- The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on. Softpedia News - Global
- The cats were then taken out of the room for 15 minutes, and the four bowls were replaced with identical empty ones. Times, Sunday Times
- For the last five years, he's been a fixture on Houston street corners begging for money, a life Edwards describes as dehumanizing and empty. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009
- But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
- The "freedom to learn" has become just another one of the government's empty slogans.
- You shouldn't take the pills on an empty stomach.