empties

To empty something is to take all of the content out of it. When you empty a container, you remove all of the liquid and the food.

  • The container was empty after I emptied it.

  • The bottle was almost empty, but I decided to fill it up again instead.

Definition of empties

verb

leave behind empty; move out of

Synonyms:

abandon, vacate

verb

excrete or discharge from the body

Synonyms:

evacuate, void

adjective

needing nourishment

Synonyms:

empty-bellied

adjective

devoid of significance or force

Synonyms:

hollow, vacuous

verb

become empty or void of its content

Synonyms:

discharge

noun

a container that has been emptied

adjective

emptied of emotion

adjective

holding or containing nothing

verb

make void or empty of contents

verb

remove

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Example Sentences for empties

  • 1

    This emptiness is not merely voidness but always contains cognizance.

  • 2

    I always empty and clean ashtrays and wastebaskets.

  • 3

    The higher the resolution the bigger the empty space.

  • 4

    On the scale of the clumps within the rings there is a lot of empty space.

  • 5

    On the scale of the clumps within the rings there is much empty space.

  • 6

    The more empty space, the more readily the humidity will drop.

  • 7

    Gases always intermix since free molecules will always move into empty space.

  • 8

    An analogous case concerns the empty conjunction and the empty disjunction.

  • 9

    The streets are empty and desolate.

  • 10

    They did not empty the cruet.