empty
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).Antonyms: non-empty
2. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.Examples: "And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation."; "For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Womans domestic honour and chief praise;"obsolete
3. (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.Examples: "Empty cow rates have increased in recent years."
4. (obsolete, of a plant or tree) Producing nothing; unfruitful.Examples: "an empty vine"; "[…] and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East wind[…]"obsolete
5. (oenology) Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.Examples: "Grotesquely vegetal, excessively oaked, empty wines were routinely produced in the mid-1980s. Since the late 1980s, however, the quality has soared."Synonyms: hollow
verb (English)
1. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.Examples: "to empty a well or a cistern"; "The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."; "The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets."Synonyms: void#Verb, evacuateergativetransitive
2. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.Examples: "Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."; "Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the Euxine."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (chiefly in the plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.Examples: "Put the empties out to be recycled."; "The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields."; "A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit."in-plural
Definition source: Wiktionary