empty: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
verb
1 make sth empty
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied.
▪ out
▪ We emptied out the tank.
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪ He emptied the bottle of its contents.
2 become empty
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ quickly, rapidly
▪ slowly
▪ directly
▪ Water from the underground pipes empties directly into nearby streams.
▪ out
▪ The room gradually emptied out.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪ The castle had a deep moat which emptied into the lake.
▪ of
▪ The streets soon emptied of shoppers.
Empty is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑bag, ↑beaker, ↑bladder, ↑bottle, ↑bowel, ↑bowl, ↑box, ↑bucket, ↑can, ↑clip, ↑content, ↑cup, ↑dishwasher, ↑drawer, ↑dustbin, ↑glass, ↑jug, ↑larder, ↑liquid, ↑lung, ↑mind, ↑plate, ↑pocket, ↑pond, ↑sack, ↑tank, ↑trash, ↑tub, ↑wallet, ↑washing machine
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
adj.
VERBS
▪ appear, be, feel, lie, look, seem
▪ The box lay empty on the bed.
▪ become
▪ remain, stand, stay
▪ The city is letting useful housing stand empty.
▪ leave sth
▪ The house had been left empty for several weeks.
ADVERB
▪ completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly
▪ There was a vast expanse of totally empty sky to look at.
▪ almost, nearly, practically, virtually
▪ largely, mostly
▪ half
▪ a half-empty box of chocolates
▪ fairly, quite, rather, relatively
▪ Some parts of the city are desperately overcrowded while others are relatively empty.
▪ very
▪ We all feel very empty now she's gone.
▪ apparently, seemingly
▪ eerily, strangely, surprisingly
▪ The house felt strangely empty without the children.
▪ otherwise
▪ There were a few chairs, but the room was otherwise empty.
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪ The streets were empty of people.
Empty is used with these nouns: ↑alley, ↑apartment, ↑auditorium, ↑bag, ↑beach, ↑bed, ↑belly, ↑bench, ↑berth, ↑boast, ↑bottle, ↑bowl, ↑box, ↑bucket, ↑building, ↑calorie, ↑can, ↑carriage, ↑chair, ↑clip, ↑container, ↑corner, ↑corridor, ↑cubicle, ↑cup, ↑cupboard, ↑desert, ↑desk, ↑dish, ↑exercise, ↑existence, ↑expanse, ↑feeling, ↑flat, ↑fridge, ↑gesture, ↑glass, ↑hall, ↑hallway, ↑highway, ↑house, ↑land, ↑larder, ↑lot, ↑mug, ↑packet, ↑page, ↑pail, ↑pavement, ↑phrase, ↑plate, ↑pool, ↑promise, ↑refrigerator, ↑rhetoric, ↑ritual, ↑road, ↑room, ↑seat, ↑shelf, ↑shell, ↑shop, ↑sidewalk, ↑sky, ↑slogan, ↑socket, ↑space, ↑stage, ↑stall, ↑stomach, ↑street, ↑stretch, ↑suitcase, ↑table, ↑talk, ↑tank, ↑threat, ↑throne, ↑train, ↑tummy, ↑vessel, ↑void, ↑wallet, ↑word, ↑wrapper