empty

EMP'TY, adjective 1. Containing nothing, or nothing but air; as an empty chest; empty space; an empty purse is a serious evil.2. Evacuated; not filled; as empty shackles.3. Unfurnished; as an empty room.4. Void; devoid.In civility thou seemest so empty 5. Void; destitute of solid matter; as empty air.6. Destitute of force or effect; as empty words.7. Unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; not able to fill the mind or the desires. The pleasures of life are empty and unsatisfying.Pleased with empty praise.8. Not supplied; having nothing to carry.They beat him, and sent him away empty Mark 12:3.9. Hungry.My falcon now is sharp and passing empty 10. Unfurnished with intellect or knowledge; vacant of head; ignorant; as an empty coxcomb.11. Unfruitful; producing nothing.Israel is an empty vine. Hosca 10.Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Genesis 41:27.12. Wanting substance; wanting solidity; as empty dreams.13. Destitute; waste; desolate.Nineveh is empty Nahum 2.14. Without effect.The sword of Saul returned not empty 2 Samuel 1:22.15. Without a cargo; in ballast; as, the ship returned empty EMP'TY, verb transitive To exhaust; to make void or destitute; to deprive of the contents; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.1. To pour out the contents.The clouds empty themselves on the earth. Ecclesiastes 11:3.Rivers empty themselves into the ocean.2. To waste; to make desolate. Jeremiah 51:2.EMP'TY, verb intransitive To pour out or discharge its contents.The Connecticut empties into the Sound.1. To become empty