0 past simple and past participle of empty
1 to remove everything from inside something:
Taken together, the low wages, insecure employment, and absence of protection and promotion emptied the concept of labor history of any cumulative content.
After the final visual count, the cages were carefully emptied with a blower-vac to obtain near-total numbers of arthropods (fig. 2).
His pockets had to be emptied of doofers from time to time, and aired.
The other breast was then emptied by a mechanical pump.
Once children made a selection, the experimenter recorded their response, emptied the bucket, and allowed children to play with both objects for approximately 30 seconds.
Traps were either emptied where they were hanging, or sealed with tape and lowered to the ground.
Each of the three trays was filled to overflowing with the surrounding dried feed (weighing approximately 1.2 kg) and the contents emptied monthly.
Traps were emptied once a month and the collected material was brought to the laboratory where seeds were separated from leaves, twigs and other debris.
