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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
emp•ty /ˈɛmpti/USA pronunciation   adj., -ti•er, -ti•est, v., -tied, -ty•ing, n., pl. -ties. 
adj. 
  1. containing nothing;
    without contents:an empty toy box.
  2. vacant;
    unoccupied;
    without people:a lonely, empty house.
  3. lacking force, effect, or significance;
    meaningless:empty promises.

v. 
  1. to (cause to) become empty: [no object]The lecture hall emptied.[~ + object]She emptied her glass.

n. [countable]
  1. Informal Termsan empty container:Glass empties can be recycled.
emp•ti•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
emp•ty  (emp′tē),USA pronunciation adj., -ti•er, -ti•est, v., -tied, -ty•ing, n., pl. -ties. 
adj. 
  1. containing nothing;
    having none of the usual or appropriate contents:an empty bottle.
  2. vacant;
    unoccupied:an empty house.
  3. without cargo or load:an empty wagon.
  4. destitute of people or human activity:We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.
  5. destitute of some quality or qualities;
    devoid (usually fol. by of ):Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.
  6. without force, effect, or significance;
    hollow;
    meaningless:empty compliments; empty pleasures.
  7. not employed in useful activity or work;
    idle:empty summer days.
  8. Mathematics(of a set) containing no elements;
    null;
    void.
  9. hungry:I'm feeling rather empty —let's have lunch.
  10. without knowledge or sense;
    frivolous;
    foolish:an empty head.
  11. completely spent of emotion:The experience had left him with an empty heart.

v.t. 
  1. to make empty;
    deprive of contents;
    discharge the contents of:to empty a bucket.
  2. to discharge (contents):to empty the water out of a bucket.

v.i. 
  1. to become empty:The room emptied rapidly after the lecture.
  2. to discharge contents, as a river:The river empties into the sea.

n. 
  1. Informal Termssomething that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:Throw the empties into the waste bin.
  • bef. 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant (ǣmett(a) leisure (ǣ- a-3 + Gmc *mōtithō accommodation; compare must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)
emp′ti•a•ble, adj. 
emp′ti•er, n. 
emp′ti•ly, adv. 
emp′ti•ness, n. 
    1. vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents:an empty refrigerator.Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied:a vacant chair; three vacant apartments.Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.:blank paper; a blank wall.Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries:void and without form. 6. delusive, vain. 12. unload, unburden.
    1. full.
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A feeling of emptiness began
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
Emptiness of search
emptiness of silence of the night??
emptiness or empty
emptiness that stood eager to claim an unguarded heart
emptiness/drought
given way to <the emptiness and quietness>
Its emptiness
moment - mix of emptiness and moment
Nature abhors a vacuum / emptiness
realization of emptiness
sorrow and emptiness consumed me
Tears of emptiness
The experience of emptiness and sensory delight is the realisation that one simply is non-conceptual awareness
the lapping saltiness of the water, the space, the emptiness, the nothingness: but health, health
The universal emptiness, negatory, good old buddy, el zilcho.
through which he could see the horizons of an almost planetary emptiness.
void, emptiness
Walk away in emptiness, walk away in sorrow.
without any duality of clarity and emptiness

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