empty

empty
empty [ˈemptɪ]
1. adjective
   a. ( = containing nothing) vide
• she was staring into empty space elle regardait fixement dans le vide
• there was an empty space at the table il y avait une place vide à la table
• on an empty stomach à jeun
• to be running on empty [car] avoir le réservoir pratiquement vide ; [person] avoir l'estomac vide ; [organization] être à bout de souffle
   b. ( = meaningless) [phrase, rhetoric] creux ; [dream, hope] vain
• empty talk verbiage m
• empty promises promesses fpl en l'air
• an empty gesture un geste vide de sens
   c. ( = numb) [person] vidé ; [feeling] de vide
• when I heard the news I felt empty quand j'ai appris la nouvelle, je me suis senti vidé
2. plural noun
empties ( = bottles) bouteilles fpl vides ; ( = glasses) verres mpl vides
3. transitive verb
   a. [+ vehicle] décharger
   b. ( = empty out) [+ bricks, books] sortir ; [+ rubbish] vider ; [+ liquid] verser
4. intransitive verb
[water] s'écouler ; [building, room, washing machine] se vider
5. compounds
► empty-handed adjective les mains vides
► empty-headed adjective sot (sotte f)
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['emptɪ] 1.
adjective
1) [street] désert; [desk] libre; [container] vide; [page] vierge

to stand empty — être inoccupé

2) fig [promise, threat] en l'air; [dream, rhetoric] creux/creuse; [gesture] vide de sens; [life] vide
2.
transitive verb, intransitive verb = empty out
Phrasal Verbs:

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  • empty — adj 1 Empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking the contents that could or should be present. Something is empty which has nothing in it; something is vacant which is without an occupant, incumbent, tenant, inmate, or the person or thing… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • empty — [emp′tē] adj. emptier, emptiest [ME emti & (with intrusive p ) empti < OE æmettig, unoccupied, lit., at leisure < æmetta, leisure (< æ , without + base of motan, to have to: see MUST1) + ig, Y2] 1. containing nothing; having nothing in… …   English World dictionary

  • empty — ► ADJECTIVE (emptier, emptiest) 1) containing nothing; not filled or occupied. 2) having no meaning or likelihood of fulfilment: an empty threat. 3) having no value or purpose. ► VERB (empties, emptied) …   English terms dictionary

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  • Empty — Emp ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emptied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emptying}.] 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • empty — [adj1] containing nothing abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken*, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished …   New thesaurus

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