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Empty
/ˈɛmpti/
(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
📖 Definitions of "Empty"
- 1
(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
"Put the empties out to be recycled."
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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."
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Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
"an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach"
- 2
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
- 3
Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
- 4
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
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