empty

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

an empty purse

an empty jug

Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

And I ſhal finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation.

For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Womans domestic honour and chief praise;

Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

I hope our Ladies treaſure and our owne, May ſerue for ranſome to our liberties: Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe, That we may trauell into Siria, […]

I hope it remaines not vnkindly with your Lordſhip, that I return'd you an empty Meſſenger.

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

empty words, or threats

empty offer

To make empty; to remove the contents of.

to empty a well or a cistern

The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River.

Of these the Rhine empties into the Northern ocean and the Danube into the Euxine.

A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

Put the empties out to be recycled.

The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.