Empty /(?; 215)/

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

   I shall find you empty of that fault.

3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened.

   When ye go ye shall not go empty.

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

   Words are but empty thanks.

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

   Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.

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

   Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind.

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

   That in civility thou seem'st so empty.

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

pl. Empties

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

imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying

1. 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.

   The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.

1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty.