English-Estonian translations for empty

• tühi
  Kas klaas on pooltäis või pooltühi? Is the glass half full or half empty?
  Partnerlus on sageli tühi mõiste. Partnership is often an empty concept.
  Klaas võib olla kas pooltäis või pooltühi. The glass can be half full or half empty.

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

• leer

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

Related words

• emptying
• nonempty
• non-empty
• empty-handed
• empty-headed
• emptyhanded
• emptyness
• empty rhetoric
• empty set