emptying : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emptying	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for emptying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emptying n the act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation]
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]:
Emptying \Emp"ty*ing\, n. 1. The act of making empty. --Shak. 2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]