EMPTY

I. adjective (emptier; -est) see: must Date: before 12th century 1. containing nothing , not occupied or inhabited , unfrequented , not pregnant , null 4a , 2. lacking reality, substance, meaning, or value ; hollow , destitute of effect or force , devoid of sense ; foolish , hungry , 4. idle , having no purpose or result ; useless , marked by the absence of human life, activity, or comfort , emptily adverb emptiness noun Synonyms: see: ~ see: vain II. verb (emptied; ~ing) Date: 1548 transitive verb 1. to make ~ ; remove the contents of , deprive , divest , to discharge (itself) of contents, to fire (a repeating firearm) until ~, to remove from what holds or encloses , intransitive verb to become ~ , to discharge contents , III. noun (plural empties) Date: 1865 something (as a bottle or can) that is ~