"empty" meaning in English

See empty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛmptiː/ Audio: en-us-empty.ogg [US], en-uk-empty.ogg [UK] Forms: empty [positive], emptier [comparative], emptiest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|empty|emptier|emptiest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is empty, it has nothing inside it.
    Sense id: simple-empty-en-adj-Z4a7MweY

Verb

IPA: /ɛmptiː/ Audio: en-us-empty.ogg [US], en-uk-empty.ogg [UK] Forms: empty [canonical], empties [third-person, singular], emptied [past], emptied [past, participle], emptying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|empt|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you empty something, you remove everything in that item.
    Sense id: simple-empty-en-verb-8Vu2EhlZ
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