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empty [ˈɛmptɪ] adj -tier, -tiest 1. (Mathematics) containing nothing 2. without inhabitants; vacant or unoccupied 3. carrying no load, passengers, etc. 4. without purpose, substance, or value an empty life 5. insincere or trivial empty words 6. not expressive or vital; vacant she has an empty look 7. Informal hungry 8. (postpositive, foll by of) devoid; destitute a life empty of happiness 9. Informal drained of energy or emotion after the violent argument he felt very empty 10. (Mathematics) Maths Logic (of a set or class) containing no members 11. (Philosophy / Logic) Philosophy Logic (of a name or description) having no reference vb -ties, -tying, -tied 1. to make or become empty 2. (when intr, foll by into) to discharge (contents) 3. (tr; often foll by of) to unburden or rid (oneself) to empty oneself of emotion n pl -ties
an empty container, esp a bottle [Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see must1] emptiable adj emptier n emptily adv emptiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
empty adjective 1. bare, clear, abandoned, deserted, vacant, free, void, desolate, destitute, uninhabited, unoccupied, waste, unfurnished, untenanted, without contents, MT (S.M.S.) The room was bare and empty. bare full, stuffed, packed, occupied, inhabited 2. meaningless, cheap, hollow, vain, idle, trivial, ineffective, futile, insubstantial, insincere, MT (S.M.S.) His father said he was going to beat him, but he knew it was an empty threat. 3. meaningless, hollow, pointless, worthless, unsatisfactory, futile, unreal, senseless, frivolous, fruitless, aimless, inane, valueless, purposeless, otiose, bootless, MT (S.M.S.) My life was hectic but empty before I met him. meaningless interesting, full, useful, busy, satisfying, occupied, valuable, fulfilled, worthwhile, meaningful, purposeful 4. blank, absent, vacant, stony, deadpan, vacuous, impassive, expressionless, unintelligent, MT (S.M.S.) She saw the empty look in his eyes as he left. Translations empty [ˈemptɪ] A. ADJ (emptier (compar) (emptiest (superl))) 1. (= containing nothing, nobody) [box, bottle, glass, street, room, hands] → vacío; [seat, chair] (in bus, restaurant) → libre, desocupado; (in living room) → vacío; [place] → desierto; [landscape] → desierto, desolado; [gun] → descargado; [post, job] → vacante the flat next door is empty (= unoccupied) → el piso de al lado está desocupado to be empty of sth the parks are empty of children → en los parques no hay niños his face was empty of all expression → su rostro no expresaba ninguna emoción she was staring into empty space → miraba al infinito there was an empty space at the table → había un sitio vacío or sin ocupar en la mesa on an empty stomach → en ayunas, con el estómago vacío empty vessels make the most noise → mucho ruido y pocas nueces 2. (= meaningless) [threat, promise, dream] → vano; [words, rhetoric] → hueco, vacío; [exercise] → inútil; [life] → sin sentido, vacío it's an empty gesture → es un gesto vacío she felt trapped in an empty marriage → se sentía atrapada en una relación matrimonial vacía his promises were just so much empty talk → sus promesas no eran más que palabras huecas or vanas my life is empty without you → mi vida no tiene sentido sin tí B. N C. VT [+ container, tank, glass, plate] → vaciar television has emptied the cinemas → la televisión ha dejado los cines vacíos I emptied the dirty water down the drain → tiré el agua sucia por el sumidero she emptied the ashtray into the bin → vació el cenicero en el cubo de la basura we emptied the cupboards of junk → vaciamos los armarios de trastos he emptied the gun of bullets → descargó la pistola I tried to empty my mind of distractions → intenté vaciar la mente de distracciones I emptied the contents of the bag onto the bed → vacié la bolsa en la cama to empty out one's pockets → vaciarse los bolsillos he emptied the water out of his boots → se sacó el agua de las botas D. VI 1. (= become empty) [room, building, theatre, bath] → vaciarse; [street] → quedarse desierto, vaciarse; [train, coach, plane] → quedarse vacío, vaciarse the auditorium quickly emptied of students → los estudiantes desalojaron el auditorio rápidamente 2. (= flow) to empty into sth [river] → desembocar en algo empty [ˈɛmpti] adj (= containing nothing) [container, bottle, glass, plate, pockets] → vide; [space, room, house, seat] → vide; [street, area] → désert(e) empty of → vide de to stand empty [house, building] → être vide on an empty stomach → à jeun (= unfulfilled) [threat, promise, words] → en l'air, vain(e) an empty gesture → un geste vide de sens (= pointless, life, days) → vide an empty feeling → un sentiment de vide to feel empty [person] → se sentir vide empty of hope → sans espoir empty of meaning → vide de sens vt vi [room, hall, stadium] → se vider empty adj (+er) → leer; (= unoccupied) house → leer stehend attr; seat, chair, space, place → frei; apart from them the room was empty → außer ihnen war niemand im Zimmer; there were no empty seats on the bus → im Bus waren keine Plätze frei; she was staring into empty space → sie starrte ins Leere; the house was just an empty shell → das Haus bestand nur aus nackten Mauern; on an empty stomach → mit leerem Magen; take drug, drink alcohol → auf leeren Magen; to be running on empty (person, organization etc) → am Ende sein; my car is running on empty → ich habe kein Benzin mehr; empty vessels make the most sound (Prov) → die am wenigsten zu sagen haben, reden am meisten ? also empty-headed, empty-handed (= devoid) the parks are empty of children → in den Parks sind keine Kinder; she was left empty of feeling → sie hatte keine Gefühle mehr; a sentence empty of sense → ein sinnloser Satz; empty of all expression → völlig ausdruckslos (fig: = meaningless, dreary) words, phrase, marriage, gesture, promise, threat, feeling → leer; dream, hope → verloren; life, days, weeks → leer, unausgefüllt; (= expressionless) face, expression, eyes → leer, ausdruckslos; empty rhetoric → leeres Gerede; an empty exercise → eine leere Formalität; to feel empty → ein leeres Gefühl or ein Gefühl nt → der Leere haben; that empty feeling → dieses leere Gefühl, dieses Gefühl der Leere n usu pl empties → Leergut nt vt → leeren; container → (ent)leeren; box, room → ausräumen; house → räumen; glass, bottle → leeren; (by drinking) → austrinken; pond, tank → ablassen, leeren; lorry → abladen; her singing emptied the hall in ten minutes flat → mit ihrem Singen schaffte sie es, dass der Saal innerhalb von zehn Minuten leer war; the burglars emptied the shop → die Einbrecher haben den Laden ausgeräumt vi (water) → auslaufen, abfließen; (rivers) → münden, sich ergießen (liter) (→ into in +acc); (theatre, streets) → sich leeren; the sink is not emptying properly → der Ausguss läuft nicht richtig ab empty: empty-handed adj to return empty → mit leeren Händen zurückkehren, unverrichteter Dinge zurückkehren empty nesters pl Eltern, deren Kinder erwachsen und aus dem Haus sind empty nest syndrome n Syndrom bei Eltern, wenn ihre Kinder (erwachsen und) aus dem Haus sind empty [ˈɛmptɪ] 1. (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) adj (gen) → vuoto/a; (street, area) → deserto/a; (post) → vacante (fig) (threat, promise) → vano/a; (words) → vacuo/a, privo/a di significato on an empty stomach → a stomaco vuoto 2. vt (contents, container) → vuotare; (liquid) → versare to empty (out) one's pockets → vuotarsi le tasche to empty a liquid from or out of sth into sth → travasare un liquido da qc in qc she emptied everything out of her bag onto the bed → ha rovesciato sul letto il contenuto della borsa empty [ˈɛmptɪ] 1. (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) adj (gen) → vuoto/a; (street, area) → deserto/a; (post) → vacante (fig) (threat, promise) → vano/a; (words) → vacuo/a, privo/a di significato on an empty stomach → a stomaco vuoto adj empty [ˈempti] 1 having nothing inside an empty box; an empty cup. leeg فارِغ празен prázdný tom leer άδειος vacío tühi تهی؛ خالی tyhjä vide רֵיק शून्य prazan üres kosong tómur vuoto からの 텅 빈 tuščias tukšs kosong leeg tom pusty vazio gol пустой prázdny prazen prazan tom ว่างเปล่า boş 空的 порожній, пустий خالی rỗng; trống không 空的 2 unoccupied an empty house. ontruim, ontruimde مَهْجور، غَيْر مَسْكون необитаем neobývaný tom leer άδειος desocupado, vacío tühi خالی از سکنه tyhjä vide רֵיק खाली, निर्जन nenastanjen lakatlan kosong tómur, auður vuoto 空いている 점유되지 않은 tuščias, negyvenamas tukšs; neapdzīvots tidak berpenghuni leeg ubebodd, folketom niezamieszkały vazio nelocuit незаселённый neobývaný nezaseden nenastanjen tom, obebodd ว่าง boş 未佔用的 нежилий غیر آباد bỏ không 未占用的 3 (withof) completely without a street quite empty of people. sonder, leeg خالٍ من безлюден prázdný tom leer άδειος desierto, vacío tühi خالی از؛ بدون tyhjä vide (de) רֵיק लोग इत्यादि के बगैर prazan üres kosong auður, mannlaus vuoto ~のない 차나 사람이 보이지 않는 be tukšs lengang leeg øde opustoszały vazio gol пустынный prázdny brez pust tom, tömd ปราศจาก boş, ıssız, tenha 無,缺 безлюдний کسی چیز سے خالی ہونا hoàn toàn không có 无,缺 4 having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled empty threats. leë فارِغ، لا تَأثير لَه، لا يَتَنَفَّذ безрезултатен planý; marný tom leer κενός, απραγματοποίητος vano tühisõnaline پوچ؛ توخالی tyhjä vain רֵיקָנִי बिना किसी व्यवहारिक परिणाम के isprazan üres hampa innantómur, merkingarlaus vano 空虚な 실속이 없는 tuščias tukšs hampa hol tom czczy vazio van пустой jalový, bezvýznamný prazen isprazan tom ไม่มีแก่นสาร boş, yararsız 空洞的 марний کھوکھلا hão huyền 空洞的 v 1 to make or become empty He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets. leegmaak يُفْرِغ изпразвам vyprázdnit (se) tømme leeren αδειάζω, εκκενώνω vaciarse tühjendama, tühjenema خالی کردن tyhjentää (se) vider לְרוֹקֵן खाली करना prazniti (ki)ürít mengosongkan tæma(st) vuotare, vuotarsi からにする 비게 되다 ištuštinti, ištuštėti iztukšot; iztukšoties mengosongkan (zich) legen tømme(s), bli tom opróżnić esvaziar(-se) a (se) goli опорожнять; пустеть vyprázdniť (sa) (iz)prazniti (se) isprazniti tömma, tömmas ถ่ายเทสิ่งของที่อยู่ภายใน boşal(t)mak 使成為空的 спорожняти; звільнювати خالی کرنا یا ہونا làm cho trống rỗng 使成为空的 2 to tip, pour, or fall out of a container She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground. uitgooi, uithaal يَفْرِغ، يَصُب، يَسْكُبُ изпразвам от vylít; vysypat hælde; falde ud (sich) entleeren αδειάζω verter, derramar (välja) kallama, (välja) voolama بیرون ریختن tyhjentyä verser, (se) répandre לְרוֹקֵן गिराना isprazniti kiürít, kifolyat, kiborít menuangkan tæma; hella(st); detta úr vuotare あける ...으로 흘러들다 išpilti, išversti izliet; izbērt tumpah (zich) legen tømme ut wypróżnić, przelać, przesypać (się) despejar(-se) a (se) vărsa вываливать(ся); выливать(ся) vyliať; vysypať izliti (se) prosuti hälla (falla, tömma) ut เทน้ำ dök(ül)mek 倒,倒空 спорожнювати ڈھالنا یا گرانا trút ra 倒,倒空 n an empty bottle etc Take the empties back to the shop. leeg القَنّينَه الفارِغَه празна бутилка prázdná láhev tom das Leergut κτ. άδειο (μπουκάλι κτλ.) envase vacío taara بطری خالی tyhjä bouteille consignée רֵיק खाली डिब्बे prazna ambalaža üres láda/üveg stb. botol kosong tóm flaska vuoto 空きびん 빈 병 tuščias butelis, tuščia tara tukša pudele botol kosong lege fles tomflaske, tomgods pusta butelka garrafa vazia ambalaj (gol) порожняя тара prázdna fľaša prazen (embalaža) prazna boca tomflaska, tomglas, tomlåda ของที่ว่าง boş şey/kap 空瓶等 порожняк خالی شے vỏ rỗng 空瓶等 n emptiness leegheid, betekenisloosheid فَراغ، خُلُو празнота prázdnota tomhed die Leere κενότητα vacío tühjus خالی بودن؛ پوکی tyhjyys vide רֵיקָנוּת रिक्तता, शून्यता, निरर्थकता praznina üresség kekosongan tómleiki; tóm; innihaldsleysi vuoto, vuotaggine 空虚 (텅)빔, 공허 tuštuma(s) tukšums kekosongan leegte tomhet, innholdsløshet pustka vazio vid пустота prázdnota praznina praznoća tomhet ความว่างเปล่า boşluk 空(虛);無能 пустота; марність خلوّ tình trạng rỗng không 空(虚);无能 adj empty-ˈhanded carrying nothing I went to collect my wages but returned empty-handed. leë hande صِفْر اليَدَيْن، بِدون أي شَيئ с празни ръце s prázdnýma rukama tomhændet mit leeren Händen με άδεια χέρια con las manos vacías tühjade kätega دست خالی tyhjin käsin les mains vides בְּיָדַייִם רֵיקוֹת खाली हाथ praznoruk üres kezű tangan hampa tómhentur a mani vuote 手ぶらの 빈 손의 tuščiomis rankomis tukšām rokām tangan kosong met lege handen tomhendt z próżnymi rękami de mãos vazias cu mâinile goale с пустыми руками s prázdnymi rukami praznih rok praznih ruku tomhänt มือเปล่า eli boş, umduğunu bulamamış 空手的,一無所獲的 з пустими руками خالی ہاتھ tay không 空;空手的,一无所获的 adj empty-ˈheaded brainless an empty-headed young girl. leeghoofdig فارِغ العَقْل، أحْمَق празноглав tupý, hloupý tomhjernet hohlköpfig ανεγκέφαλος tonto, cabeza hueca kõlupäine احمق aivoton sans cervelle רֵיקָא, שוֹטֶה मूर्ख šupljoglav üres fejű bodoh heimskur; hugsunarlaus senza cervello 無知な 머리가 텅 빈 tuščiagalvis bez smadzenēm; stulbs dungu onnozel tomhjernet głupiutki estúpido fără minte пустоголовый hlúpy neumen praznoglav tom i huvudet, korkad ที่ไม่มีสมอง; โง่ kafasız, beyinsiz 傻而無知的 пустоголовий; легковажний بیوقوف đầu óc rỗng tuếch 傻而无知的 empty → خال, يُفْرِغ prázdný, vyprázdnit tom, tømme entleeren, leer αδειάζω, άδειος vaciar, vacío tyhjä, tyhjentää vide, vider isprazniti, prazan svuotare, vuoto 空にする, 空の (든 것을) 비우다, 빈 leeg, legen tom, tømme opróżnić, pusty esvaziar, vazio опорожнять, пустой tom, tömma ทำให้ว่างเปล่า, ว่างเปล่า boş, boşaltmak dốc ra, trống rỗng 倒空, 空的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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