Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which empties or exhausts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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empty . - noun One who, or that which, empties.
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- adjective
comparative form ofempty : moreempty - noun One who empties.
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Examples
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'Of course, the farther North you go the emptier are the roads.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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This made the vacuum much "emptier" and Einstein could ultimately "empty it" completely: he removed the rest of the aether and showed that it couldn't exist because it would be inconsistent with relativity.
The Reference Frame 2010
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‘Of course, the farther North you go the emptier are the roads.
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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And I think parts of our geography will become emptier.
The Great Reset 2009
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But the freeways were emptier than I'd ever seen them, emptier even than at 5:00 in the morning on Sunday.
Paul Tullis: Visions of a Car-Free Los Angeles: Lessons from Carmageddon Paul Tullis 2011
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During fasting, since the body is not busy with gastric processes and since the body is literally emptier, hollower, I believe the nada practices can be even more effective.
Kazim Ali: Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God Kazim Ali 2011
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During fasting, since the body is not busy with gastric processes and since the body is literally emptier, hollower, I believe the nada practices can be even more effective.
Kazim Ali: Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God Kazim Ali 2011
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But it might be worth considering that having emptier heads is not, in fact, a sign that we've advanced.
Textbook error: Virginia's Confederate troops and the perils of online research Alexandra Petri 2010
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During fasting, since the body is not busy with gastric processes and since the body is literally emptier, hollower, I believe the nada practices can be even more effective.
Kazim Ali: Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God Kazim Ali 2011
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During fasting, since the body is not busy with gastric processes and since the body is literally emptier, hollower, I believe the nada practices can be even more effective.
Kazim Ali: Practicing Yoga on the Mountain of God Kazim Ali 2011
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