- noun
1. (usually plural) A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
“Put the empties out to be recycled.”
- verb
2. To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
“The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.”
- adjective
3. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
“an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach”