"emptying" meaning in English

See emptying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: emptyings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emptying (plural emptyings)
  1. The act by which something is emptied. Translations (Translations): tyhjennys (Finnish), vuotamento [masculine] (Italian), تخلیه (tahliye) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-emptying-en-noun-kUxim7sy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 10 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 4 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 20 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 30 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 40 34 26 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 80 20
  2. (in the plural) Alternative form of emptins. Tags: alt-of, alternative, in-plural Alternative form of: emptins
    Sense id: en-emptying-en-noun-2i21Ll7k Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 40 34 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emptyings, emptins

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} emptying
  1. present participle and gerund of empty Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: empty Derived forms: self-emptying
    Sense id: en-emptying-en-verb-7irwd7Pl Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 40 34 26

Inflected forms

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