(usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Put the empties out to be recycled.
To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
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.
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
empty offer
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
empty pleasures
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
empty dreams
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
empty brains; an empty coxcomb
(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.
Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
an empty vine