Containing nothing, or nothing but air; as an empty chest; empty space; an empty purse is a serious evil.

Evacuated; not filled; as empty shackles.

Unfurnished; as an empty room.

Void; devoid. In civility thou seemest so empty.

Void; destitute of solid matter; as empty air.

Destitute of force or effect; as empty words.

Unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; not able to fill the mind or the desires. The pleasures of life are empty and unsatisfying. Pleased with empty praise.

Not supplied; having nothing to carry. They beat him, and sent him away empty. Mark 12:3.

Hungry. My falcon now is sharp and passing empty.

Unfurnished with intellect or knowledge; vacant of head; ignorant; as an empty coxcomb.

Unfruitful; producing nothing. Israel is an empty vine. Hosea 10:7. Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Genesis 41:27.

Wanting substance; wanting solidity; as empty dreams.

Destitute; waste; desolate. Nineveh is empty. Nahum 2:10.

Without effect. The sword of Saul returned not empty. 2 Samuel 1:22.

Without a cargo; in ballast; as, the ship returned empty.

To exhaust; to make void or destitute; to deprive of the contents; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

To pour out the contents. The clouds empty themselves on the earth. Ecclesiastes 11:3. Rivers empty themselves into the ocean.

To waste; to make desolate. Jeremiah 51:2.

To pour out or discharge its contents. The Connecticut empties into the Sound.

To become empty.