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Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. +

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

(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with ''of''.

Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

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

Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

(of a plant or tree) Producing nothing; unfruitful.

Hungry.

(oenology) Lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish. +

(ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of. +

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

(in the plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.