Dictionary Entry
empty
empty is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
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.
- 2superlative
Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
- 3superlative
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
- 4superlative
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
- 5superlative
Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
- 6superlative
Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
- 7superlative
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
- 8superlative
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
- 9noun
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
- 10transitive verb
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.
- 11intransitive verb
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
- 12intransitive verb
To become empty.
- 13noun
a container that has been emptied
"return all empties to the store"
- 14verb
excrete or discharge from the body
- 15verb
become empty or void of its content
"The room emptied"
Synonyms
- 16verb
make void or empty of contents
"Empty the box"
"The alarm emptied the building"
- 17verb
remove
"Empty the water"
- 18verb
leave behind empty; move out of
"You must vacate your office by tonight"
- 19adjective
holding or containing nothing
"an empty glass"
"an empty room"
- 20adjective
emptied of emotion
"after the violent argument he felt empty"
- 21adjective
needing nourishment
"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"
"empty-bellied children"
- 22adjective
devoid of significance or point
"empty promises"
"a hollow victory"
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