■ adjective ( emptier , emptiest )
1》 containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
↘ Mathematics (of a set) containing no members or elements.
2》 (of words or a gesture) lacking sincerity.
3》 having no value or purpose.
■ verb ( empties , ~ing , emptied )
1》 make or become ~.
↘discharge (the contents) from a container.
2》 (of a river) discharge itself into the sea or a lake.
■ noun ( plural empties ) informal a bottle or glass left ~ of its contents.
Phrases
be running on ~ have exhausted all of one's resources.
Derivatives
emptily adverb
emptiness noun
Origin
OE mtig , metig 'at leisure, ~', from metta 'leisure'.