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Empties

(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

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📖 Definitions of "Empties"

noun

1
(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
"Put the empties out to be recycled."

verb

1
To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
"The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."
2
Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
"Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Empties"

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Word	Definition
deletesverb	(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
depletesverb	(transitive) To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
drainsverb	(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
eliminatesverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
endsnoun	(slang) Money.
flowsverb	(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
flushesverb	(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
pouncesverb	(transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
removesverb	(transitive) To delete.
spillsverb	(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
overflowsverb	(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
sloshesverb	(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
poursverb	(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
disgorgesverb	To vomit or spew, to discharge.
explodesverb	(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
disappearsverb	an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, which formed in 2008.
inundatesverb	To overwhelm.
plopsverb	To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
seepsverb	(intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
rummagesverb	(transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.