See Also: Empty(medicine)
empty(2)(dictionary)
empty(1)(dictionary)
empty-headed(dictionary)
empty-handed(dictionary)
empty 2, verb(dictionary)
empty 1, adjective(dictionary)
Empty Nesters(money)
magnification empty(medicine)
empty sella(medicine)

empty(2) (iou)



empty verb. E16.

verb trans. Make empty; remove or clear out the contents of; deprive of specified contents or a specified quality. E16.
D. Hammett Spade..emptied his lungs with a long sighing exhalation. E. Bowen The greengrocer's crates had been emptied of all but earth.
b. Transfer the contents of (one receptacle) into another. L16.
I. McEwan A second bar-hand came by to empty the ashtray into a bucket.
c. Remove (contents) from what contains them; transfer (contents) from one receptacle into another. Also foll. by out (into). L16.
H. Roth She..emptied out the peelings that cluttered the sink into the garbage can.
verb refl. & (chiefly N. Amer.) intrans. Of a river etc.: discharge itself into another river, the sea, etc.; flow into. M16.
T. O'Brien Eisenhower Avenue emptied into a huge traffic circle.
verb refl. Chiefly Theology, of Christ: drain oneself of resources or of a particular attribute; efface oneself utterly. L16.
verb intrans. Become empty. M17.
J. Buchan The carriage had emptied, and I was left alone.