empty
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
Adjective 4 meanings
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
“an empty purse”
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
“empty words, or threats”
Verb 2 meanings
To make empty; to remove the contents of.
“to empty a well or a cistern”
Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
“Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.”
Noun 1 meaning
A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
“Put the empties out to be recycled.”
Etymology
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”).
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EMPTY at a glance
EMPTY has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (E 1 + M 3 + P 3 + T 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,477 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with empty
All rhymes- HUMPTY16
- NONEMPTY15
- NUMPTY13
- UMPTY12
One letter away
- EMPTS9
- UMPTY12
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