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noun

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

  Example: Put the empties out to be recycled.

verb

• To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

  Example: The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

• Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

  Example: Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.

adjective

• Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

  Example: an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach

• Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

• Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

• Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

• Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

  Example: empty offer

• Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

  Example: empty pleasures

• Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

  Example: empty dreams

• Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

  Example: empty brains; an empty coxcomb

• (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

  Example: Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.

• Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.

  Example: an empty vine