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empty
English
Etymology
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ?mti?, ?metti? (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *m?tijô, *m?tô (“must, obligation, need”), *m?tiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ?e?mti?ian (“to empty”), Old English ?metta (“leisure”), Old English m?tan (“must, might, have to”). More at mote, meet.
The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mpti/, /??mti/
- Hyphenation: emp?ty
Adjective
empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest)
- Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 1, [1]
- […] something in the little man's appearance suggested that he would be sufficiently attentive to his own comfort to choose the emptiest table.
- (computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
- (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 2, [3]
- I shall find you empty of that fault,
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XI, lines 614-7, [4]
- For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd / Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, / Yet empty of all good wherein consists / Womans domestic honour and chief praise;
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 2, [3]
- Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene 6, [5]
- I hope it remains not unkindly with your lordship that I returned you an empty messenger.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 3:21, [6]
- And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene 6, [5]
- Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
- empty words, or threats
- empty offer
- empty promises
- 1697, Colley Cibber, Woman's Wit, Act V, page 190, [7]
- […] words are but empty thanks; my future conduct best will speak my gratitude.
- Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
- empty pleasures
- 1713, Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest, lines 429-430, [8]
- Ev'n I more sweetly pass my careless days, / Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise;
- Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
- empty dreams
- Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
- empty brains; an empty coxcomb
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7, [9]
- Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy distress? Or else a rude despiser of good manners, / That in civility thou seem'st so empty?
- (of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.
- Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
- (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
- an empty vine
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 42:27, [10]
- […] seven empty ears blasted with the east wind […]
Synonyms
- (devoid of content): unoccupied, clear, leer, toom, clean
Antonyms
- full
- (computing, mathematics): non-empty
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple past and past participle emptied)
- (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
- to empty a well or a cistern
- The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
- The clouds […] empty themselves upon the earth.
- (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
Antonyms
- fill
Derived terms
- empty the clip
- empty the tank
Translations
Noun
empty (plural empties)
- (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Derived terms
- run on empty
Translations
References
Further reading
- empty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- empty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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gassing
English
Pronunciation
Verb
gassing
- present participle of gas
Noun
gassing (usually uncountable, plural gassings)
- Poisoning by noxious gas.
- The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
- The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
- Any similar process of singeing.
- (slang) boasting; insincere or empty talk
Makasar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??as?i?]
Adjective
gassing (Lontara spelling ???)
- strong
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