[ vɔɪd ]
■ adjective
1》 not valid or legally binding.
↘(of speech or action) ineffectual; useless.
2》 completely empty.
↘( ~ of ) free from; lacking.
↘ formal (of an office or position) vacant.
3》 (in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit.
■ noun
1》 a completely empty space.
↘an unfilled space in a wall, building, or structure.
2》 (in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards.
■ verb
1》 discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.).
↘ chiefly Medicine excrete (waste matter).
↘[usu. as adjective ~ed ] empty or evacuate (a container or space).
2》 chiefly N. Amer. declare to be not valid or legally binding.
3》 [as adjective ~ed ] Heraldry (of a bearing) having the central area cut away so as to show the field.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~ness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'unoccupied'): from a dialect var. of OFr. vuide ; related to L. vacare 'vacate'; the verb partly a shortening of a~ , reinforced by OFr. ~er .