noun Download 🔗Share (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. Examples : "Put the empties out to be recycled." utensil item drink food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. Examples : "The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film." action utility process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. Examples : "Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River." geography environment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. Examples : "an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach" nothing condition space situation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value). Examples : "The shopping list was empty; there were no items on it. " computing technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Free; clear; devoid; often with of. Examples : "The classroom was empty of students after the final bell. " condition state nature thing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. Examples : "The student left the library empty-handed, having returned only the overdue book. " condition state essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. Examples : "empty offer" language character writing literature philosophy attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. Examples : "empty pleasures" character mind philosophy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. Examples : "empty dreams" philosophy mind abstract essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season. Examples : "Empty cow rates have increased in recent years." animal biology agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree. Examples : "an empty vine" plant agriculture nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading