empty

/ˈempti/ verb

Definition

CONTAINER [T] (also empty out) › If you empty a container, or if you empty the things inside it, you remove everything from it: Where can I empty this ashtray? He emptied the dirty water into the sink.

PLACE [I] › to become empty: The room emptied rapidly when the fire started.

(Definition of empty verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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