empty house

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• The Adventure of the Empty House — The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisContextThis is the first Holmes… …   Wikipedia

• empty — adj 1 Empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking the contents that could or should be present. Something is empty which has nothing in it; something is vacant which is without an occupant, incumbent, tenant, inmate, or the person or thing… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• empty — [emp′tē] adj. emptier, emptiest [ME emti & (with intrusive p ) empti < OE æmettig, unoccupied, lit., at leisure < æmetta, leisure (< æ , without + base of motan, to have to: see MUST1) + ig, Y2] 1. containing nothing; having nothing in… …   English World dictionary

• empty — 01. I d better do some baking; the cookie jar is almost [empty]. 02. The gas tank is completely [empty]; we re going to have to walk. 03. My son does a lot of sports, and he can [empty] our fridge in a single meal! 04. The artist stood in front… …   Grammatical examples in English

• empty — emp|ty1 W2S2 [ˈempti] adj comparative emptier superlative emptiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(container)¦ 2¦(place)¦ 3¦(not used)¦ 4¦(person/life)¦ 5 empty words/gestures/promises etc 6 do something on an empty stomach 7 empty nest …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• empty, vacant — These words mean containing nothing, but they have different applications. Something that is empty is lacking in its usual or customary contents: an empty house contains no furniture; an empty store contains no merchandise. Vacant is applied to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• house — house1 W1S1 [haus] n plural houses [ˈhauzız] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(where someone lives)¦ 2¦(building)¦ 3¦(government)¦ 4¦(company)¦ 5¦(theatre)¦ 6 in house 7 put/set/get your (own) house in order 8 bring the house down …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• empty — emptiable, adj. emptier, n. emptily, adv. emptiness, n. /emp tee/, adj., emptier, emptiest, v., emptied, emptying, n., pl. empties. adj. 1. containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. 2. vacant; unocc …   Universalium

• empty — /ˈɛmpti / (say emptee), /ˈɛmti / (say emtee) adjective (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing; void of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. 2. vacant; unoccupied: an empty house. 3. without burden or load: an empty wagon. 4.… …  

• empty — 1. adjective 1) an empty house Syn: vacant, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted, bare, desolate, deserted, abandoned; clear, free Ant: full 2) an empty threat …   Thesaurus of popular words

• house — 1 / haUs/ plural houses / haUziz/ noun (C) 1 WHERE YOU LIVE a) a building that you live in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family: a four bedroom house | Why don t you all come over to our house for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English