Meaning of empty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
   in-plural
2. An empty container.
3. running on empty, having lost vitality, significance, or creative abilities.
4. an empty bottle etc. Take the empties back to the shop. leeg القَنّينَه الفارِغَه празна бутилка garrafa vazia prázdná láhev das Leergut tom κτ. άδειο (μπουκάλι κτλ.) envase vacío taara بطری خالی tyhjä bouteille consignéeריק खाली डिब्बे prazna ambalaža üres láda/üveg stb. botol kosong tóm flaska vuoto 空きびん 빈 병 tuščias butelis, tuščia tara tukša pudele botol kosong lege fles tomflaske, tomgods pusta butelka تش بطری garrafa vazia ambalaj (gol) порожняя тара prázdna fľaša prazen (embalaža) prazn...
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5. leegheid, betekenisloosheid فَراغ، خُلُو празнота vazio prázdnota die Leere tomhed κενότηταvacío tühjus خالی بودن؛ پوکی tyhjyys videריקנות रिक्तता, शून्यता, निरर्थकता praznina üresség kekosongan tómleiki; tóm; innihaldsleysi vuoto, vuotaggine 空虚 텅 빔 tuštuma(s) tukšums kekosongan leegtetomhet, innholdsløshetpustka تشوالى، ګوګوالى vazio vid пустота prázdnota praznina praznoća tomhet ความว่างเปล่า boşluk 空無 пустота; марність خلوّ tình trạng rỗng không 空虚，空白
6. carrying nothing. I went to collect my wages but returned empty-handed. leë hande صِفْر اليَدَيْن، بِدون أي شَيئ с празни ръце de mãos vazias s prázdnýma rukama mit leeren Händen tomhændet με άδεια χέρια con las manos vacías tühjade kätega دست خالی tyhjin käsin les mains vides בְּיָדַייִם רֵיקוֹת खाली हाथ praznoruk üres kezű tangan hampa tómhentur a mani vuote 手ぶらの 빈 손의 tuščiomis rankomis tukšām rokām tangan kosong met lege handen tomhendt z próżnymi rękami خالی لاس de mãos vazias cu mâinile ...
7. brainless. an empty-headed young girl. leeghoofdig فارِغ العَقْل، أحْمَق празноглав estúpido tupý, hloupý hohlköpfig tomhjernet ανεγκέφαλοςtonto, cabeza hueca kõlupäine احمق aivoton sans cervelle ריקא, שוטה मूर्ख šupljoglav üres fejű bodoh heimskur; hugsunarlaus senza cervello 無知な 머리가 텅 빈 tuščiagalvis bez smadzenēm; stulbs dungu onnozeltomhjernet głupiutki بې عقل، بې ادبه، جاهل، بېړا estúpido fără minte пустоголовый hlúpy neumen praznoglav tom i huvudet, korkad ที่ไม่มีสมอง; โง่ kafasız, beyi...
8. Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing: an empty bag; an empty lot.
9. Having no occupants; not being used: an empty chair.
10. Lacking force or power: an empty threat.
11. Lacking purpose or substance; meaningless: an empty life.

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Examples

“Put the empties out to be recycled.”

“The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.”

“A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit.”

“In 1960 Willem de Kooning said of [Leo] Castelli, ‘That son of a bitch, you could give him two beer cans and he could sell them.’ [Jasper] Johns laughed and created a sculpture of two Ballantine Ale empties. Castelli immediately sold the work to collectors Robert and Ethel Scull.”

“A number of locomotives have been drafted into the area to cover the traction shortfall, including two Class 60s: here No 60039 accelerates away from Eastleigh on the Chandlers Ford branch with the lunchtime Fareham to Whatley quarry empties [empty wagons] on 20 August 2019.”

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