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Noun emptying has 1 sense
- emptying, voidance, evacuation - the act of removing the contents of something
--1 is a kind of removal, remotion
--1 has particulars: drain, drainage
Verb empty has 5 senses
- empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentence:
They empty the sink of water
- empty, discharge - become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Antonyms: fill, fill up
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- vacate, empty, abandon - leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
--3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- empty - remove; "Empty the water"
--4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
They empty the water from the sink
- evacuate, void, empty - excrete or discharge from the body
--5 is one way to excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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