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