empty

«empty» in Mova's school dictionary: with nothing in or on it: an empty box — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (empty, emptier, emptiest); verb (empty, empties, emptied, emptying)

meaning for a pupil

1) Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box. tree →

2) Empty means with no people: an empty street. tree →

3) To empty is to take everything out: empty your bag. tree →

sense in the lessons

the table or a container at the start (start from zero); at the end, «empty» means all was taken; in everyday life «empty the bin», «on an empty stomach» (without eating); in science an «empty» jar is really full of air

examples

• Scene 1. The table is empty. tree →
• The jar was empty, then Kim put in 7 coins. tree →
• After the party the box was empty. tree →
• Please empty the dishwasher. tree →
• The playground was empty after the bell. tree →
• My water bottle is empty; can I fill it? tree →
• She emptied her pockets onto the table. tree →
• An empty glass is not really empty: it is full of air. tree →
• The bed was cold and empty! tree →

note

Start from zero. Trap: «empty» at the end means everything was taken: the amount taken equals the start. Verb forms: empties, emptied (change y to i).

In the corpora

• It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.
• Minimalism is art that uses very little, like simple shapes; whether a nearly empty work is deep or a con is argued.
• Picture a beach where hermit crabs line up by size beside one big empty shell.
• Camera traps film them walking down empty streets, and wild Przewalski's horses shelter in old barns.
• Bees were reported to learn that an empty card means less than one, a bit like zero, though this is still argued.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «empty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.