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emptied
已清除
Emp·ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. --Eccl. xi. 3.
emptied
adj : having been made empty
empty
adj 1: holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty
room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: full]
2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: hollow, vacuous]
3: having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
4: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty
by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn: empty-bellied]
5: emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt
empty"
n : a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to
the store"
v 1: make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm
emptied the building" [ant: fill]
2: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
[syn: discharge] [ant: fill]
3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your
office by tonight" [syn: vacate, abandon]
4: remove; "Empty the water"
5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void]
[also: emptied, emptiest, emptier]