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1 ♦ empty
♦ empty /ˈɛmptɪ/A a.2 (fig.) vuoto; vacuo; vano; inutile: empty words, parole vuote; empty promises, promesse vane; empty threats, vane minacce; My life felt empty, la mia vita mi pareva vuota4 – empty of, privo di; senza: empty of traffic, privo di traffico; a room empty of furniture, una stanza senza mobili5 (mat.) vuotoB n.(recipiente, imballaggio, ecc.) vuoto: to return the empties, restituire i vuoti● empty-handed, a mani vuote ( anche fig.) □ empty-headed, sciocco □ (ferr.) empty journey, percorso a vagone vuoto □ (fam.) empty-nester, genitore con i figli grandi usciti di casa □ (comput.) empty string, stringa vuota □ empty weight, peso a vuoto ( di un veicolo) □ (ling.) empty word, parola priva di significato ma con una funzione grammaticale □ on an empty stomach, a stomaco vuoto; a digiuno.(to) empty /ˈɛmptɪ/A v. t.1 vuotare; svuotare: to empty one's glass, vuotare il bicchiere; to empty ( out) one's pockets, vuotarsi le tasche; to empty a bucket into a tank, svuotare un secchio (o versare il contenuto di un secchio) in una cisterna; The house had been emptied of all its furniture, la casa era stata sgombrata di tutti i mobili2 versare, rovesciare (il contenuto di qc.); svuotare: He emptied out the contents of his suitcase, ha svuotato la valigia3 (fig.) svuotare; privare: to empty a sentence of all meaning, svuotare una frase di ogni significatoB v. i.3 ( di fiume) sboccare; sfociare: The Po river empties ( itself) into the Adriatic sea, il Po sfocia nel mare Adriatico.
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