If you're an optimist, you're happy that your glass is still half full. If you're a pessimist, you can't help but notice that 50% of your glass is now empty that is, it contains nothing.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.;
Noun
a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
Verb
excrete or discharge from the body
Verb
become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
Verb
make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
Verb
remove; "Empty the water"
Verb
leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
Adjective
holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
Adjective S.
emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"
Adjective S.
needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
Adjective S.
devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
Adjective S.
having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
superl.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything
within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said
of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room,
purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
superl.
Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
superl.
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
superl.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of
language; as, empty words, or threats.
superl.
Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; --
said of pleasure, the world, etc.
superl.
Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or
tree; as, an empty vine.
superl.
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or
courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
superl.
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial;
as, empty dreams.
n.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp.
in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
v. i.
To become empty.
Empty
I shall find you empty of that fault.3.
When ye go ye shall not go empty.4.
Words are but empty thanks.5.
Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise.6.
Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind.7.
That in civility thou seem'st so empty.8.
Empty
Empty
The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
Empty
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.;
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight;
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge;
To discharge itself;
Usage Examples
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.
Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.
Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.
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