empty

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɛmptiː/

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Adjective

Positive empty

Comparative emptier

Superlative emptiest

An empty jar

1. If something is empty, it has nothing inside it.

   Hey! You finished my beer. It's empty.

Verb

Plain form empty

Third-person singular empties

Past tense emptied

Past participle emptied

Present participle emptying

1. If you empty something, you remove everything in that item.

   I will empty the bins.