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Synonyms for emptied

Grammar : Verb
Spell : emp-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛmp ti

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Définition of emptied

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old English æmettig "at leisure, not occupied, unmarried," from æmetta "leisure," from æ "not" + -metta, from motan "to have" (see might (n.)). The -p- is a euphonic insertion.
  • Sense evolution from "at leisure" to "empty" is paralleled in several languages, e.g. Modern Greek adeios "empty," originally "freedom from fear," from deios "fear." "The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied" [Buck].
  • The adjective also yielded a verb (1520s), replacing Middle English empten, from Old English geæmtigian. Related: Emptied; emptying. Figurative sense of empty-nester first attested 1987. Empty-handed attested from 1610s.
  • verb remove contents
Example sentences :
  • Chip took the cigarette from his lips and emptied his lungs of smoke.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He set about gathering the water bottles and gourds that had not been emptied.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • When I had emptied myself of my chaff, I perceived that the time had come.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • He emptied the cistern, and cleansed it, with plentiful washings.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • When he had swallowed a little, he took the glass himself and emptied it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The three hospitals of Lourdes had emptied their chambers of horror.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I tell you, these sort have emptied a pepper box of gray around my head.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • They had no attention for what was happening behind, within the buildings they had emptied.
  • Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
  • Then the chamber was emptied of water and the food was borne to the city.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • And she emptied into Gervaise's tub what remained of a bag of soda which she had brought with her.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

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