1. [n]  a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
2. [adj]  holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
3. [adj]  emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
4. [adj]  needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
5. [adj]  devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
6. [adj]  having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
7. [v]  excrete or discharge from the body
8. [v]  become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
9. [v]  make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
10. [v]  remove; "Empty the water"
11. [v]  leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

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1. \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl.
   {Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta,
   [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
   emsig busy.]
   1. 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.
   2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. ``That fair female
      troop . . . empty of all good.'' --Milton.
            I shall find you empty of that fault. --Shak.
   3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. ``An empty
      messenger.'' --Shak.
            When ye go ye shall not go empty.     --Ex. iii. 21.
   4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of
      language; as, empty words, or threats.
            Words are but empty thanks.           --Cibber.
   5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said
      of pleasure, the world, etc.
            Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.
                                                  --Pope.
   6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree;
      as, an empty vine.
            Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. --Gen.
                                                  xli. 27.
   7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy;
      as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
            That in civility thou seem'st so empty. --Shak.
   8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial;
      as, empty dreams.
   Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as,
         empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute;
         empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted,
         destitute of feeling.
   Syn: See {Vacant}.
   

2. \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. {Empties}.
   An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in
   transportation of freight; as, ``special rates for empties.''
   

3. \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Emptying}.]
   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.
         The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
                                                  --Eccl. xi. 3.
   

4. \Emp"ty\, v. i.
   1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
   2. To become empty. ``The chapel empties.'' --B. Jonson.