Definition of empty

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Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties..

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Exsufflicate :: Exsufflicate (a.) Empty; frivolous.
Barren :: Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce..
Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..
Vacuation :: Vacuation (n.) The act of emptying; evacuation.
Gassing :: Gassing (n.) Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
Prattle :: Prattle (n.) Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people..
Shallow-brained :: Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc..
Empty :: Empty (v. i.) To become empty.
Vainglory :: Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Flashily :: Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.
Exinanition :: Exinanition (n.) An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
Coma :: Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds..
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere..
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine..
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