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empty
- /ˈɛm(p).ti/ US, UK
- [ˈɛm(p).tʰi] US, UK
- /ˈɪm(p).ti/
- [ˈɪm(p).tʰi]
- /ˈem(p).ti/ Australia
- [ˈem(p).tʰi] Australia
Rhymes with -ɛmpti, -ɛmti
Where it comes from
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
adjective emptier · emptiest
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Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
an empty purse
Similar: unoccupied, clear, leer, toom, clean · Opposite: full
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Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Opposite: non-empty
- Free; clear; devoid; often with of. And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.
- Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. I hope our Ladies treaſure and our owne, May ſerue for ranſome to our liberties: Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe, That we may trauell into Siria, […]
- Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. empty words, or threats
- Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. empty pleasures
- Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. empty dreams
- Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. empty brains
- Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season. Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
- Producing nothing; unfruitful. an empty vine
- Hungry.
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Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.
Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared.
Similar: hollow
Similar: empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous, void · Opposite: cramful, cramfull, freighted, fraught, full, jammed, jam-packed, jam rammed, laden, loaded, non-empty, packed, packed to the gills, packed to the rafters, rammed, rammed to the rafters, stuffed, stuffed to the gills
verb empties · emptying · emptied
- To make empty; to remove the contents of. to empty a well or a cistern
- Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.
Opposite: fill
noun empties
- A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. Put the empties out to be recycled.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lifeless, void, vacuous, vacant, empty-handed, meaningless, unfilled, bare, clean, blank, abandon, drained, eliminate, evacuate, vacate, hungry
adjective
Similar: empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous, void · Opposite: cramful, cramfull, freighted, fraught, full, jammed, jam-packed, jam rammed, laden, loaded, non-empty, packed, packed to the gills, packed to the rafters, rammed, rammed to the rafters, stuffed, stuffed to the gills
verb
Opposite: fill
Translations
Every language
adj devoid of content
| Español | vacío |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비다 bida |
| 日本語 | 空の kara no, 空っぽな karappo na |
| 中文 | 空的 kōng de |
| हिन्दी | रीता rītā, छूछा chūchā, ख़ाली xālī |
| Kiswahili | -tupu |
| Português | vazio |
| Français | vide |
| Deutsch | leer, inhaltslos |
| Italiano | vuoto |
| Ελληνικά | άδειος ádeios, κενός kenós |
| Română | vid, gol, deșert, golit |
| Русский | пусто́й pustój, поро́жний poróžnij |
| Tiếng Việt | trống, rỗng |
| العربية | فَارِغ fāriḡ |
| עברית | ריק reik |
verb to make empty
| Español | vaciar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비우다 biuda |
| 日本語 | 空にする kara ni suru |
| हिन्दी | रिक्त करना rikt karnā |
| Português | esvaziar |
| Français | vider |
| Deutsch | leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen |
| Italiano | vuotare, svuotare |
| Ελληνικά | αδειάζω adeiázo |
| Română | goli, descărca, deșerta, liber |
| Русский | опустоша́ть opustošátʹ, опустоши́ть opustošítʹ, опорожня́ть oporožnjátʹ, опорожни́ть oporožnítʹ, вынимать vynimatʹ, вынуть vynutʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tẩy trống, tẩy sạch |
| العربية | فَرَغَ faraḡa |
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title = {empty},
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