EMPTY-HANDED

Meaning of EMPTY-HANDED in English

adjective

[ not usually before noun ] without getting what you wanted; without taking sth to sb :

The robbers fled empty-handed.

She visited every Sunday and never arrived empty-handed.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

EMPTY-HANDED — adjective Date: 1589 having or bringing nothing, having acquired or gained nothing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMPTY-HANDED — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : being without gain or acquisition : having acquired or gained nothing went out to win a fortune …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — /emp"tee han"did/ , adj. 1. having nothing in the hands, as in doing no work: While we were carrying out …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY HANDED — just as he came, bringing or carrying away nothing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EMPTY-HANDED — adjective Date: 1589 1. : having or bringing nothing 2. : having acquired or gained nothing came back empty-handed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY-HANDED — Pronunciation: ˌ em(p)-t ē - ' han-d ə d Function: adjective Date: 1589 1 : having or bringing nothing 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — ■ adjective having failed to obtain or achieve what one wanted.
Concise Oxford English vocab
EMPTY-HANDED — [emp.ty-hand.ed] adj (1589) 1: having or bringing nothing 2: having acquired or gained nothing "came back ~"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY-HANDED — empty-handed BrE AmE ˌem p t i ˈhænd ɪd ◂ -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — ˌempty-ˈhanded BrE AmE adjective without getting what you hoped or expected to get return/come back etc empty-handed I spent all …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMPTY-HANDED — If you come away from somewhere empty-handed , you have failed to get what you wanted. Delegates from the warring …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — If you come away from somewhere ~, you have failed to get what you wanted. Delegates from the warring sides …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EMPTY-HANDED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Hearing police sirens in the distance, the robber was forced to leave the bank …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EMPTY HANDED — Synonyms and related words : bare-handed, beggarly, famished, half-starved, ill off, ill-equipped, ill-furnished, ill-provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY-HANDED — idelhende
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
EMPTY-HANDED — с пустыми руками - to come * прийти с пустыми руками /без подарка/ - to go * уйти ни с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY-HANDED — a с пустыми руками to come empty-handed - прийти с пустыми руками /без подарка/ to go empty-handed - уйти ни …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EMPTY-HANDED — с пустыми руками
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EMPTY HANDED — (0) с пустыми руками
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — a с пустыми руками to come ~ - прийти с пустыми руками /без подарка/ to go ~ - уйти ни …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EMPTY-HANDED — a с пустыми руками to come empty-handed - прийти с пустыми руками /без подарка/ to go empty-handed - уйти ни …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY HANDED — с пустыми руками, ни с чем
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EMPTY HANDED — с пустыми руками, ни с чем
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EMPTY-HANDED — прил. с пустыми руками - go empty-handed
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EMPTY-HANDED — прил. с пустыми руками - go empty-handed
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EMPTY-HANDED — _a. с пустыми руками - go empty-handed
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EMPTY-HANDED — a. с пустыми руками - go empty-handed
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EMPTY-HANDED — с пустыми руками
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
EMPTY-HANDED — _a. с пустыми руками; to go empty-handed уйти ни с чем; остаться при пиковом интересе
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EMPTY-HANDED — [adj.] с пустыми руками
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
EMPTY-HANDED — a с пустыми руками
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
EMPTY-HANDED — с пустыми руками - to come * прийти с пустыми руками /без подарка/ - to go * уйти ни с …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number, using a specified hand …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)tē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDED — |handə̇d, |haan- adjective 1. : having hands a handed , vertical, tree-living animal — Weston La Barre 2. : being …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDED — (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (a.) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (imp. & p. p.) of Hand
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of …
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Hand
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( v. t. ) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( superl. ) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — /han"did/ , adj. 1. having or involving a hand or hands (usually used in combination): two-handed backhand; a four-handed piano …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — — emptiable , adj. — emptier , n. — emptily , adv. — emptiness , n. /emp"tee/ , adj., emptier, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — adj. having a hand or hands; of or pertaining to the use of a particular hand; pertaining to the number …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)-tē adjective ( emp·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmettig unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number — usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDED — adj with hands joined; hand in hand. 2. handed ·adj having a peculiar or characteristic hand. 3. handed ·impf & …
Webster English vocab
EMPTY — vi to become empty. 2. empty ·superl having nothing to carry; unburdened. 3. empty ·superl free; clear; devoid; often …
Webster English vocab
-HANDED — ■ combining form 1》 for or involving a specified number of hands: a two~ return. 2》 using the hand specified: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HANDED — [hand.ed] adj (15c) 1: having a hand or hands esp. of a specified kind or number--usu. used in combination "a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY — [emp.ty] adj emp.ti.er ; -est [ME, fr. OE aemettig unoccupied, fr. aemetta leisure, perh. fr. ae- without + -metta (prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-HANDED — -handed BrE AmE ˈhænd ɪd ◂ -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EMPTY — / ˈempti; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( emp·tier , emp·ti·est ) 1. empty (of sth) with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. emp ‧ ty 1 S2 W2 /ˈempti/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative emptier , superlative emptiest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1 for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Oxford English vocab
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1. for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Oxford English vocab
EMPTY — ( emptier, emptiest, empties, emptying, emptied) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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