;containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.

;vacant; unoccupied: an empty house.

;without cargo or load: an empty wagon.

;destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night.

;destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually fol. byof): Theirs is a life now empty of happiness.

;without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless:empty compliments; empty pleasures.

;not employed in useful activity or work; idle: empty summer days.

;hungry: I'm feeling rather empty—let's have lunch.

;without knowledge or sense; frivolous; foolish: an empty head.

;completely spent of emotion: The experience had left him with an empty heart.