Empty meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Adjective form

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.

2. Adjective form

Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.

3. Adjective form

Having nothing to carry; unburdened.

4. Adjective form

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.

5. Adjective form

Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.

6. Adjective form

Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.

7. Adjective form

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.

8. Adjective form

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

9. Noun

An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

10. Verb

To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

11. Verb

To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

12. Verb

To become empty.