English-Dutch translations for empty

  • leeg
    De banken van de Raad zijn leeg.The Council' s benches are empty. Het is er wel, maar het staat leeg. The hospital is there; it is empty. Zelfs de publieke tribune loopt leeg. Even the public gallery is emptying.
  • legen
    Dat is net zo conform de wet als een besluit van de Zware Jongens om het geldpakhuis van Dagobert Duck te legen. It is about as legal as the Beagle Boys deciding to empty Scrooge McDuck’s money bin. In het verleden is het voorgekomen dat het legen van stuwmeren in een land een grote overstromingsramp in een ander land heeft veroorzaakt. In the past, emptying reservoirs in one country have resulted in flooding disasters in the next. De vissersvloten in de wereld zijn erin geslaagd de planeet te legen van de roofvissen die zo belangrijk zijn voor het ecosysteem. The world's fishing fleets have succeeded in emptying the planet of the predatory fish that are so important for ecosystems.
  • ledig
  • ledigen
  • leeglopen
  • leegmaken
  • lens
  • lenzen
  • lichten
  • uitwateren

Definition of empty

  • Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant
  • Containing no elements , opposed to being null (having no valid value
  • 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
  • Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season
  • Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree
  • To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of
  • Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination
  • A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. can also be a crate etc.--

Synonyms

Examples

  • an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
  • empty words, or threats
  • empty offer
  • empty pleasures
  • empty dreams
  • empty brains; an empty coxcomb
  • Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
  • an empty vine
  • to empty a well or a cistern
  • The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
  • Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River
  • Put the empties out to be recycled

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