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# empty

«empty» in Mova's school dictionary: **with nothing in or on it: an empty box** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (empty, emptier, emptiest); verb (empty, empties, emptied, emptying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m1)

2) Empty means with no people: an empty street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m2)

3) To empty is to take everything out: empty your bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the table or a container at the start (start from zero); at the end, «empty» means all was taken; in everyday life «empty the bin», «on an empty stomach» (without eating); in science an «empty» jar is really full of air

### examples

- Scene 1. The table is empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x1)
- The jar was empty, then Kim put in 7 coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x2)
- After the party the box was empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x3)
- Please empty the dishwasher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x4)
- The playground was empty after the bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x5)
- My water bottle is empty; can I fill it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x6)
- She emptied her pockets onto the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x7)
- An empty glass is not really empty: it is full of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x8)
- The bed was cold and empty! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x9)

### note

Start from zero. Trap: «empty» at the end means everything was taken: the amount taken equals the start. Verb forms: empties, emptied (change y to i).

### In the corpora

- [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/)
- [Minimalism is art that uses very little, like simple shapes; whether a nearly empty work is deep or a con is argued.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/16/)
- [Picture a beach where hermit crabs line up by size beside one big empty shell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/5/)
- [Camera traps film them walking down empty streets, and wild Przewalski's horses shelter in old barns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/3/)
- [Bees were reported to learn that an empty card means less than one, a bit like zero, though this is still argued.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «empty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.