1. The act of removing the contents of something
   "The emptying of the storage unit took several hours";
   - voidance, evacuation

1. Make void or empty of contents
   "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
    
2. Become empty or void of its content
   "The room emptied";
   - discharge
    
3. Remove the contents of a container
   "Empty the water"
    
4. Leave behind empty; move out of
   "You must empty your office by tonight";
   - vacate, abandon
    
5. Excrete or discharge from the body
   "The patient needed to empty their bowels";
   - evacuate, void

Derived forms: emptyings

Type of: alter, change, change state, egest, eliminate, excrete, go away, go forth, leave, modify, off [informal], pass, remotion [archaic], removal, remove, take, take away, turn, withdraw

Antonym: fill

Encyclopedia: Empty