Empty

1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
n. pl. Empties ().

1. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, “special rates for empties.”
   

1. To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
   

1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty.