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void (void)adj.1. Containing no matter; empty. 2. Not occupied; unfilled. 3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See Synonyms at empty. 4. Ineffective; useless. 5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void. 6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand. n.1. a. An empty space. b. A vacuum. 2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap. 3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss. 4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts. v. void·ed, void·ing, voids v.tr.1. To take out (the contents of something); empty. 2. To excrete (body wastes). 3. To leave; vacate. 4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one. v.intr. To excrete body wastes.
[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vac vus, voc vus, variant of vacuus, from vac re, to be empty; see eu - in Indo-European roots.]
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | voider - an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was" | | 2. | voider - a person who defecates | | 3. | voider - a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate | | 4. | voider - a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be driedhamper - a basket usually with a cover |
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