empty

1. Holding or containing nothing (synset 301090234)
   "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
   tells us about: fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
   similar to:

   • bare, stripped - having everything extraneous removed including contents
   • blank, clean, white - (of a surface) not written or printed on
   • empty-handed - carrying nothing in the hands
   • glassy, glazed - (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
   • lifeless - destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
   • looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked - wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
   • vacant - without an occupant or incumbent
   • vacant - void of intelligence or thought
   • vacuous - devoid of matter
   • void - containing nothing
2. Devoid of significance or force (synset 301501421)
   "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
   similar to: meaningless, nonmeaningful - having no meaning or direction or purpose
   same as: hollow, vacuous
3. Needing nourishment (synset 301272429)
   "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
   similar to: hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
   same as: empty-bellied
4. Emptied of emotion (synset 301092441)
   "after the violent argument he felt empty"
   similar to: drained - emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)

1. A container that has been emptied (synset 103289219)
   "return all empties to the store"
   is a type of: container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

1. Make void or empty of contents (synset 200450647)
   "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
   causes: discharge, empty - become empty or void of its content
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • bail - empty (a vessel) by bailing
   • clean out, clear out - empty completely
   • bleed - drain of liquid or steam
   • evacuate - empty completely
   • evacuate - create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
   • eviscerate - remove the contents of
   • void - clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
   • clear - remove the occupants of
   • clear - rid of instructions or data
   • exhaust - use up the whole supply of
   • knock out - empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
   • drain - empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
   • core out, hollow, hollow out - remove the interior of
   • gut - empty completely; destroy the inside of
2. Become empty or void of its content (synset 200449635)
   "The room emptied"
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   subtypes: flow away, flow off - flow off or away gradually
   same as: discharge
3. Leave behind empty;
   Move out of (synset 202080923)
   "You must vacate your office by tonight"
   is a type of: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
   same as: abandon, vacate
4. Remove (synset 201490942)
   "Empty the water"
   is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   subtypes: offload, unlade, unload - remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
5. Excrete or discharge from the body (synset 200073096)
   is a type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
   subtypes: suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
   same as: evacuate, void

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