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empty

n. a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"

empty

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

empty, discharge

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

vacate, empty, abandon

v. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

evacuate, void, empty

v. excrete or discharge from the body

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empty

adj. having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"

empty

adj. emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"

empty, empty-bellied

adj. needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

run out

v. exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"

tap

v. pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"

tap

v. draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"

explode, burst

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

fire

v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"

rail

v. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"

dispatch, discharge, complete

v. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"

fill, fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

execute, put to death

v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"

perform, execute, do

v. carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

fuel, fire

v. provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

perform

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

play, spiel

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

emigrate

v. leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"

move

v. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

desert

v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

relocate

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

resettle

v. settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle"

unclutter, clear

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

evacuate

v. move people from their homes or country

insincere

adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

patent

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

clean, clear, light, unclouded

adj. (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"

cavernous

adj. being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"

deep-set, sunken, recessed

adj. having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

fistulous

adj. of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula

hollowed

adj. having a cavity within: "canoe made of a hollowed log"

tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform

adj. constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)

famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient

adj. extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

peckish

adj. somewhat hungry

supperless

adj. without supper; "went to bed supperless"

fill, fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

replenish, refill, fill again

v. fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

pack

v. treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"

pad, bolster

v. add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"

fill, fill up

v. become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

flood

v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

full

adj. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

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