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Empty

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

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Similar meaning 32

Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Blank 84% connected

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Blank 84% connected

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Drained 84% connected

of Drain

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Drained 84% connected

of Drain

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Glassy 84% connected

Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.

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Glassy 84% connected

Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.

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Hungry 84% connected

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

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Hungry 84% connected

Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

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Lifeless 84% connected

Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless…

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Lifeless 84% connected

Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless…

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Looted 84% connected

of Loot

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Looted 84% connected

of Loot

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Pillaged 84% connected

of Pillage

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Pillaged 84% connected

of Pillage

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Plundered 84% connected

of Plunder

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Plundered 84% connected

of Plunder

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Ransacked 84% connected

of Ransack

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Ransacked 84% connected

of Ransack

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Stripped 84% connected

of Strip

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Stripped 84% connected

of Strip

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Vacant 84% connected

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

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Vacant 84% connected

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

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Vacuous 84% connected

Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

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Vacuous 84% connected

Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

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Void 84% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Void 84% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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White 84% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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White 84% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Broader term 14

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Manner of action 13

Bail 76% connected

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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Bleed 76% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Evacuate 76% connected

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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Eviscerate 76% connected

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

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Exhaust 76% connected

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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Gut 76% connected

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Suction 76% connected

The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

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Unlade 76% connected

To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.

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Unload 76% connected

To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

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Void 76% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Derivationally related 12

Discharge 74% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Discharge 74% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Emptiness 74% connected

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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Emptiness 74% connected

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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Evacuation 74% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Evacuation 74% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Vanity 74% connected

The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

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Vanity 74% connected

The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

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Causes 1

Discharge 72% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Fullness 66% connected

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

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Fullness 66% connected

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

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Hollow 66% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Hollow 66% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Synonym 7

Abandon 92% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Evacuate 92% connected

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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Hollow 92% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Vacate 92% connected

To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…

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Vacuous 92% connected

Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

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Void 92% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Antonym 4

Fill 94% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Fill 94% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Full 94% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Full 94% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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