English Dictionary: empty | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. {Empties}. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, [bd]special rates for empties.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emptying}.] 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. --Eccl. xi. 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl. {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [91]mtig, [91]metig, fr. [91]mta, [91]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i. 1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. 2. To become empty. [bd]The chapel empties.[b8] --B. Jonson. |