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| emptying | |
| 1. n. The act by which something is emptied. |  |
| The bucket under the leaky roof needs frequent emptyings. | |
| 2. n. (in the plural) (alt form, emptins) | |
| empty | |
| 1. adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. | |
| an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach | |
| 2. adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value). | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of. | |
| 4. adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. | |
| 5. adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. | |
| empty words, or threats | |
| 6. adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. | |
| empty pleasures | |
| 7. adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. | |
| empty dreams | |
| 8. adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree. | |
| an empty vine | |
| 9. adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. | |
| empty brains; an empty coxcomb | |
| 10. v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. | |
| to empty a well or a cistern | |
| The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. | |
| Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River. | |
| 12. n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. | |
| Put the empties out to be recycled. | |
