āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
empty
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
with no one or nothing inside
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The empty bottle rolled across the floor, its contents completely consumed.
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
lacking emotion or feeling
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He gave her an empty smile.
03
lacking significance, value, or impact
04
needing food or drink
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The children felt empty before lunch.
to empty
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to remove the contents of a container or space
Transitive: to empty a container
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The construction workers needed to empty the wheelbarrow.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
to lose all contents
Transitive: to empty sth [adj]
03
to cause a place to be vacated of people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the fire alarm went off, the building emptied.
04
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of a river) to flow and discharge its water into the sea or a lake
Intransitive: to empty into a sea or lake
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
he Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
01
a container that no longer holds any substance or contents
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The store collects empties for recycling.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
emptiness
empty
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
