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ENGLISH: empty - CREOLE: vid

Overview of noun empty

The noun empty has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)

1. empty -- (a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store")

Overview of verb empty

The verb empty has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (4) empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")

2. (3) empty, discharge -- (become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied")

3. (2) vacate, empty, abandon -- (leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight")

4. (1) empty -- (remove; "Empty the water")

5. evacuate, void, empty -- (excrete or discharge from the body)

Overview of adj empty

The adj empty has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (32) empty -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")

2. (6) empty, hollow, vacuous -- (devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments")

3. empty -- (having nothing inside; "an empty sphere")

4. empty, empty-bellied -- (needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children")

5. empty -- (emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty")