Betekenis van empty In het Nederlands

• 0 not containing any things or people:

  • an empty house/street

  • Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling?

  • The train was empty (= there were no passengers) by the time it reached London.

• 1 not sincere or without any real meaning:

  • empty threats/rhetoric

  • They're just empty promises.

• 2 without purpose or interest:

  • He says his life has been completely empty since his wife died.

  • I felt empty, like a part of me had died.

• 3 to remove everything from inside something:

  • I emptied the closet and put my belongings into the black overnight case.

  • Would you mind emptying (out) your pockets?

  • Empty the soup into a saucepan and simmer gently for ten minutes.

  • She quickly emptied her glass (= drank its contents) and ordered another drink.

  • The place emptied pretty quickly when the fight started.

• 4 an empty bottle or other container, especially one that contained drink:

  • Don't forget to recycle the empties.

• 5 having nothing inside:

  • He set the empty glass down.

  • It was past midnight, and the streets were empty.

  • We need jobs, not empty promises.

• 6 a container with nothing in it, esp. one whose contents have been used:

  • Bring the empties to the recycling center.

• 7 to take out everything from inside something, or to lose what is inside so that nothing is left:

  • [ T ] She emptied her husband’s mug in the sink.

  • [ I ] Once the movie ended, the theater emptied quickly.

  • [ I ] The Tombigbee River empties into Mobile Bay (= its water flows there).