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[ adjective ] holding or containing nothing
Examples "an empty glass" "an empty room" "full of empty seats" "empty hours" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)From many sides come remarks that Protestant churches are badly attended and the large medieval cathedrals look all_but empty during services . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)The stage had been empty , except for Harry_Hawk , doing his star monologue . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)The street was again empty . He looked wildly around , at the now empty street , at the mud , at the rain . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)She had even steeled herself to keep Juanita upstairs in the nurse 's room off the empty nursery , although the girl tried to insist on moving_back to the quarters to spare Kate remembrance of the baby 's death . |
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[ adjective ] devoid of significance or point
Examples "empty promises" "a hollow victory" "vacuous comments" Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)It is as empty as the word `` Hurrah '' would be when there was no enthusiasm behind it . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make void or empty of contents
Examples "Empty the box" "The alarm emptied the building" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The progress of science over these last few centuries and the gradual replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of reality have to a large extent emptied the spirit_world of the entities which previously populated it . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)In the liquid phase runs the amount of carbon_tetrachloride in each reaction tube was determined by weighing the tube before opening and weighing the fragments after emptying . |
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[ verb ] become empty or void of its content
Synonyms Examples "The room emptied" Used in print (Robert Deardorff, "Step by Step Through Istanbul"...)There the bus turned right_along the Bosphorus , past ocean_liners at anchor , to Galata Bridge over the entrance to the Golden_Horn , a brown sweep of water that empties into the Bosphorus . Related terms |
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[ verb ] leave behind empty; move out of
Examples "You must vacate your office by tonight" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)While it must be said that these same Protestants have built some new churches during this period , and that religious population_shifts have emptied churches , a principal reason for this phenomenon of redundancy is that fewer Protestants are going_to church . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)As the camp emptied , it was refilled by a draining of the camps and towns around Lublin , then by deportees from outside Poland . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] needing nourishment
Synonyms Examples "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] emptied of emotion
Examples "after the violent argument he felt empty" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] needing nourishment
Synonyms Examples "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a container that has been emptied
Examples "return all empties to the store" Related terms |
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