adj.
(emptier, emptiest)
- containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
▸Mathematics (of a set) containing no members or elements.
- (of words or a gesture) lacking sincerity.
- having no value or purpose.
v.
(empties, emptying, emptied)
- make or become empty.
▸discharge (the contents) from a container.
- (of a river) discharge itself into the sea or a lake.
n.
(pl. empties)
informal a bottle or glass left empty of its contents.
Phrase
- be running on empty
have exhausted all of one's resources.
Derivative
- emptily adv.
- emptiness n.
Etymology
OE æmtig, æmetig ‘at leisure, empty’, from æmetta ‘leisure’.
