Dictionary entry details
• EMPTY (noun)
Meaning:
A container that has been emptied
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
return all empties to the store
Hypernyms ("empty" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
• EMPTY (adjective)
Meaning:
Holding or containing nothing
Context examples:
an empty glass / an empty room / full of empty seats / empty hours
Similar:
void (containing nothing)
vacuous (devoid of matter)
vacant (void of thought or knowledge)
vacant (without an occupant or incumbent)
looted; pillaged; plundered; ransacked (wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value)
lifeless (destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings)
glassy; glazed ((used of eyes) lacking liveliness)
empty-handed (carrying nothing in the hands)
blank; clean; white ((of a surface) not written or printed on)
barren; destitute; devoid; innocent (completely wanting or lacking)
bare; stripped (having everything extraneous removed including contents)
Attribute:
fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)
Antonym:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
Meaning:
Devoid of significance or point
Synonyms:
empty; vacuous; hollow
Context examples:
empty promises / a hollow victory / vacuous comments
Similar:
meaningless; nonmeaningful (having no meaning or direction or purpose)
Meaning:
Having nothing inside
Context example:
an empty sphere
Similar:
hollow (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity)
Meaning:
Needing nourishment
Synonyms:
empty-bellied; empty
Context examples:
after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime / empty-bellied children
Similar:
hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)
Meaning:
Emptied of emotion
Context example:
after the violent argument he felt empty
Similar:
drained (emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid))
• EMPTY (verb)
Meaning:
Make void or empty of contents
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
Empty the box / The alarm emptied the building
Hypernyms (to "empty" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
discharge; empty (become empty or void of its content)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empty"):
gut (empty completely; destroy the inside of)
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
drain (empty of liquid; drain the liquid from)
knock out (empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out)
exhaust (use up the whole supply of)
clear (rid of instructions or data)
clear (remove the occupants of)
void (clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something)
eviscerate (remove the contents of)
evacuate; exhaust (create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel))
evacuate (empty completely)
bleed (drain of liquid or steam)
clean out; clear out (empty completely)
bail (empty (a vessel) by bailing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They empty the sink of water
Antonym:
fill (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Meaning:
Become empty or void of its content
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
empty; discharge
Context example:
The room emptied
Hypernyms (to "empty" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empty"):
flow away; flow off (flow off or away gradually)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
fill (become full)
Meaning:
Leave behind empty; move out of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
vacate; empty; abandon
Context example:
You must vacate your office by tonight
Hypernyms (to "empty" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Empty the water
Hypernyms (to "empty" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empty"):
offload; unlade; unload (take the load off (a container or vehicle))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They empty the water from the sink
Meaning:
Excrete or discharge from the body
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
void; empty; evacuate
Hypernyms (to "empty" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empty"):
suction (empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
