noun
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(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
example
Put the empties out to be recycled.
verb
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To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
example
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
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Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
example
Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.
adjective
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Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
example
an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
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Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
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Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
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Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
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Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
example
empty offer
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Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
example
empty pleasures
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Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
example
empty dreams
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Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
example
empty brains; an empty coxcomb
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(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
example
Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
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Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
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an empty vine
Examples of empty in a Sentence
My house was not empty though I was gone.
It was an empty vodka bottle.
The room was empty aside from the table.
His purse was always empty because it was open to everyone.
She noticed the nearly empty gin bottle for the first time.
The place was dark and empty.
Bird Song was empty when the Deans returned after retrieving the Jeep and making their way to the inn by back streets.
You are like an empty vessel.
An empty stomach made the experience less embarrassing.
In the United States, de Tocqueville's voluntary associations still do the job and anyone willing to make her way to a church or food pantry and say she is hungry will not leave empty handed.
When the meal ended and the dishes were put to bed, the three withdrew to the parlor, now empty of guests who were either dining uptown or waiting in line to do so.
The door closed with an ominous boom that echoed throughout what sounded like a massive but empty chamber.
She stared down at the empty camp.
When all outside is cold and white, when the little children of the woodland are gone to their nurseries in the warm earth, and the empty nests on the bare trees fill with snow, my window-garden glows and smiles, making summer within while it is winter without.
He's thirty-six years old and starting life over; he's an empty box.
The house was completely empty.
He shielded his eyes and gazed into an empty prison cell opposite his.
I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm.
Dean grabbed the near-empty plate, salvaging the few remaining morsels while Pumpkin was searching for more empty pockets to fill as he rose to leave.
He lay passed out on the bed, two empty bottles on the nightstand and one on the floor.
Prince Andrew glanced at Kutuzov's face only a foot distant from him and involuntarily noticed the carefully washed seams of the scar near his temple, where an Ismail bullet had pierced his skull, and the empty eye socket.
Pierre led them to the empty, well-lit helicopter hangar, where several men crowded around a still body on the hangar floor.
And if Martha's discovery had been substituted with the theater prop, he'd bet his boots there was an empty trunk out there somewhere!
Bird Song wasn't locked and the place was empty most of today—even Maria was watching the parade.
He tore apart a demon and stood breathless, seeking his next opponent, only to see the body-strewn park was empty of living demons in the early morning light.
The bookshelf was empty and weapons lined the opposite wall.
Bird Song was an empty nest.
The sofa was empty, too, the blanket and sheets piled neatly.
The horse paddock was empty.
She stared at her empty plate.
Every day I sit wherever there is an empty desk.
My personal bank account has been cleared out by an online bookie, our joint account is empty and our mortgage needs paying.
To empty the recycle bin quickly, right click on its icon.
They emptied all the water into four canteens and took four empty ones with them.
The campsite was empty.
The house was empty.
Wynn lounged in his seat at the garden table, an empty wine glass before him.
Rights do not mean much, he reasoned, to those with an "empty stomach, shirtless back, roofless dwellings ... unemployment and poverty, no education or medical attention."
That's what I was saying to you-- those German gentlemen won't win the battle tomorrow but will only make all the mess they can, because they have nothing in their German heads but theories not worth an empty eggshell and haven't in their hearts the one thing needed tomorrow--that which Timokhin has.
While Cynthia took her shower, Dean made a few phone calls, asking for Ms. Dawkins, but after a dozen tries, he came up empty.
The view from the top was spectacular, the snow perfect and the trail empty of other skiers.
Most guys were off fighting the war so there was lots of empty slots.
He sat for a minute trying to figure out how to fix things, but came up empty.
The empty fruits (after germination of the seed) are found floating in the Indian Ocean, and were known long before the palm was discovered, giving rise to various stories as to their origin.
It has sunk into an empty parade; it is a mere affectation of humility, an apology and excuse for something better.
There was one strangely large and empty area which was a big anticlimax, tho.
Their au pair, Philip's business partner and his wife all see the empty flat as an ideal place for a secret assignation.
The first job was to empty the kitchen waste bin into the compost bin on the plot.
The birds had flown, and their empty nests in the bare trees were filled with snow.
She listened joyfully (as though she had not expected it) to the charm of the notes reverberating, filling the whole empty ballroom, and slowly dying away; and all at once she felt cheerful.