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How to pronounce empty in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abandon, vacate
Type of go forth, go away, leave
Type Words
Synonyms evacuate, void
Type of eliminate, excrete, egest, pass
Has types suction
Type Words
Synonyms empty-bellied
Derivation emptiness


after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime.
empty-bellied children.
Type Words
Synonyms hollow, vacuous
Derivation emptiness


empty promises.
Type Words
Synonyms discharge
Type of change state, turn
Has types flow off, flow away
Type Words
Type of container
Type Words
Derivation emptiness


after the violent argument he felt empty.
Type Words
Derivation emptiness


an empty glass.
an empty room.
full of empty seats.
empty hours.
Type Words
Type of modify, change, alter
Has types void, clean out, clear, knock out, hollow out, hollow, gut, exhaust, eviscerate, evacuate, drain, clear out, core out, bail, bleed
Derivation emptying
Type Words
Type of withdraw, remove, take away, take
Has types unload, offload, unlade
Derivation emptying

Examples of empty

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This seemed to ignite an unholy fire fueled by political agendas empty of facts.
From the dailyherald.com
When they got inside, they found the house empty with the exception of one room.
From the thenewstribune.com
Ivorian workers empty bags of cocoa beans in a container at the Port of Abidjan.
From the bloomberg.com
After Aaron Brooks came up empty on a drive, Jason Terry pushed the lead to six.
From the chron.com
Whilst this is not unusual for the Asian Cup the empty seats will cause concern.
From the cnn.com
Its towns and cities are relatively few, scattered across miles of empty desert.
From the online.wsj.com
Getting stonewalled and coming up empty forced him to re-evaluate his instincts.
From the thenewstribune.com
Stonington is an important fishing port on a beautiful and largely empty island.
From the post-gazette.com
Coventry looks set to tap into the empty net but can only find the side netting.
From the thisishampshire.net
More examples
  • Holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
  • Make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
  • A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
  • Devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
  • Needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
  • Vacate: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
  • Empty is God Lives Underwater's first full length album, released in October 1995 via American Recordings. ...
  • Empty is a cult, Australian "creative" magazine, concerned largely with printed design work, photography, illustration and film, created for the professional creative community.
  • Empty is the third commercial single from the album Live It Out by Canadian indie rock band Metric following Poster of a Girl (excluding Handshakes which was a radio promo in Canada). It was released as a single on February 19, 2007, after the band completed a tour supporting Bloc Party. ...