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Nouns (1)

empty

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

Verbs (14)

void, eliminate, evacuate

v. eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

discharge, become void, become empty

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

make empty, make void

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

abandon, vacate

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

unload, lade, remove the load from, take the load off

v. take the load off

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (4)

empty

adj. holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"

empty

adj. having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"

hollow, vacuous

adj. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

Fuzzynyms (87)

explode, blow up, detonate, set off

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

fire, bake in a kiln

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

rail, fulminate

v. criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

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"

do, execute, perform

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

fire, fuel

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

perform

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

perform, give a performance

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

play, spiel, render

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

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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

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"

spill, run out

v. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

tap

v. cut a female screw thread with a tap

tap, dip into, draw from

v. draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"

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, leave a country

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

move, change residence

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

defect, desert

v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

lurch, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake

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

settle, locate, relocate, take up residence

v. take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

resettle, settle anew

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

clear, unclutter, rid of obstructions, remove obstructions from

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

evacuate

v. move people from their homes or country

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

clear

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"

insincere, hypocritical

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

superficial, trivial

adj. of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

Synonyms (17)

cavernous

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

sunken, recessed, deep-set

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

fistular, fistulate, fistulous

adj. hollow and tube-shaped like a reed

hollowed

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

tubular, cannular

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

insignificant

adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall

mindless, unmeaning

adj. signifying nothing; "insignificant sounds"; "his response...is picayune and unmeaning"- R.B. Pearsall

nonsense, nonsensical

adj. having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words"

pointless, purposeless

adj. lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

Antonyms (23)

fill, become full, 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"

fill, fill up, make full

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

refill, replenish, fill again

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

flood, swamp, deluge, inundate

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

pack

v. fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house"

pad, bolster

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

load, place a load on

v. fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

pack, load down

v. load with a pack

full, filled

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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