empty
make void or empty of contents
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,077 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,998 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make void or empty of contents Empty the boxThe alarm emptied the building
- become empty or void of its content also: discharge The room emptied
- leave behind empty; move out of also: vacate, abandon You must vacate your office by tonight
- remove Empty the water
- excrete or discharge from the body also: evacuate, void
adjective
- holding or containing nothing an empty glassan empty room
- devoid of significance or force also: hollow, vacuous empty promisesa hollow victory
- needing nourishment also: empty-bellied after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertimeempty-bellied children
empty in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Members looking across see this Bench empty.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They were the last rescuers to go down, and the cage had been drawn up empty.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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After this, I blocked up the doors with some boards, and an empty chest, turned the long way out.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1