Meaning

12 senses
  1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

    an empty purse

    an empty jug

    leer, inhaltslos

    пусто́йpustój, поро́жнийporóžnij

    поро́жнійporóžnij, пусти́йpustýj

    holding or containing nothing

  2. Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

  3. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

  4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

    empty words, or threats

    empty offer

  5. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

    empty pleasures

  6. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

    empty dreams

  7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

    empty brains

    an empty coxcomb

  8. Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

    Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.

  9. Hungry.

  10. Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish.

  11. (obsolete)Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

    devoid of significance or force

  12. (obsolete)Producing nothing; unfruitful.

    an empty vine

Examples

1237 sentences
  1. Tom returned to Boston empty-handed.

    Том повернувся до Бостона з пустими руками.

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  2. I didn't want to leave empty-handed.

    Я не хотів іти з порожніми руками.

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  3. The house was empty except for a cat.

    Будинок був пустим, за винятком кота.

    deDas Haus war leer bis auf eine Katze.

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  4. I opened the box, but it was empty.

    Я відкрив ящик, але він був пустий.

    ruЯ открыл коробку, но она была пуста.

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  5. I don't like working on an empty stomach.

    Я не люблю працювати на голодний шлунок.

    ruЯ не люблю работать на пустой желудок.

    deIch arbeite nicht gerne mit leerem Magen.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idl

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”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet.

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