empty

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Synonyms: umpty, empt, empey, empte, kempty, empts, mpty

Antonyms: umpty, empt, empey, empte, kempty, empts, mpty

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Adjective

1. [[devoid|Devoid]] of [[content]]; containing nothing or nobody; [[vacant]].
2. {{lb|en|computing|programming|mathematics}} Containing no [[element]]s (as of a [[string]], [[array]], or [[set]]), opposed to being [[null]] (having no valid value).
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Free; clear; devoid; often with ''of''.
4. Having nothing to carry, [[emptyhanded]]; unburdened.
5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
8. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
9. {{lb|en|of some female animals, especially cows and sheep}} Not [[pregnant]]; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
10. {{lb|en|obsolete|of a plant or tree}} Producing nothing; [[unfruitful]].
11. [[hungry|Hungry]].
12. {{lb|en|oenology}} Lacking between the onset of tasting and the [[finish]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|ergative}} To make empty; to remove the contents of.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|in the plural}} A [[container]], especially a [[bottle]], whose [[contents]] have been used up, leaving it [[#Adjective|empty]]. <!--can also be a crate etc.-->

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