(superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything
within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said
of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room,
purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
(superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
(superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
(superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of
language; as, empty words, or threats.
(superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; --
said of pleasure, the world, etc.
(superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or
tree; as, an empty vine.
(superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or
courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
(superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial;
as, empty dreams.
(n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp.
in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
(v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or
destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a
vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
(v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
(v. i.) To become empty.
