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empty in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. leave behind empty; move out of
    "You must vacate your office by tonight"
    vacate  empty  abandon 
  2. become empty or void of its content
    "The room emptied"
    empty  discharge 
  3. excrete or discharge from the body
    evacuate  void  empty 
  4. make void or empty of contents
    "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
    empty 
  5. remove
    "Empty the water"
    empty 
noun
  1. a container that has been emptied
    "return all empties to the store"
    empty 
adjective
  1. holding or containing nothing
    "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
    empty 
  2. emptied of emotion
    "after the violent argument he felt empty"
    empty 
  3. needing nourishment
    "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
    empty  empty-bellied 
  4. devoid of significance or point
    "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
    empty  hollow  vacuous 
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