Definition
empty: not containing any things or people, vacant, unoccupied; hollow
I found the box empty. There was nothing inside it.
The streets were empty the next morning. There were no people at all.
The president delivered a speech empty of meaning.
to empty: to remove everything, to vacate, to clear
We need to empty all the jars. We have to take all the contents out.
- "I've got my sun block: SPF 75, my aviator shades, three bottles of purified drinking water, two bags of fresh baby carrots, my travel journal and an empty mayonnaise jar... just in case of an emergency."
- "empty your trash"
- "Watch this, I'm going to hit the driver with this empty bottle!"
- "So much affection, it warms my heart, but it also makes me feel... empty."
- "The room's empty!"
- "Brian : The room's empty!"
- "My diary is empty but can you check yours and tell me what day, if any, would be best for you?"
- "I have put coal on the barbecue and then I've emptied a bottle of your "highly flammable" Montmartre Musk, all over it."
- "Messages in bottles are not the most reliable form of correspondence, but as my camp is patrolled by French guards, there is no shortage of empty wine bottles."
- "I checked my documents in the C-drive and it's empty!"
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