Brooke Makenna shares a story about a woman found in an empty house, with more to come in this case-focused video.
EMPTY definition: 1. not containing any things or people: 2. not sincere or without any real meaning: 3. without…. Learn more.
Containing nothing, or nothing but air; void of its usual or of appropriate contents; vacant; unoccupied: said of any inclosure or allotted space: as, an empty house or room; an empty chest or purse; an empty chair or saddle. Void; devoid; destitute of some essential quality or component.
empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents.
EMPTY definition: containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents. See examples of empty used in a sentence.
Adjective empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest) A man sitting in an empty room (1) Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
These adjectives mean without contents that could or should be present. Empty is the broadest and can apply to what lacks contents (an empty box), occupants (an empty seat), or substance (an empty promise).
To pour out or remove (the contents) from something. To transfer or pour off completely. Empty the ashes into a pail. To become empty. To transfer (the contents) into, onto, or on something else.
Empty is from aemetig, an Old English word that means "rest" or "leisure." When truly at rest, you are emptied of worry or concern.
If you empty a container, or empty something out of it, you remove its contents, especially by tipping it up. I emptied the ashtray. Empty the noodles and liquid into a serving bowl.