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Emptying   /ˈɛmptiɪŋ/  /ˈɛmtiɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Empty  v. t.  (past & past part. emptied; pres. part. emptying)  To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. "The clouds... empty themselves upon the earth."


Empty  v. i.  
1.
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2.
To become empty. "The chapel empties."


noun
Emptying  n.  
1.
The act of making empty.
2.
pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. (U.S.)





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"Emptying" Quotes from Famous Books



... Marcus, half emptying his glass. "Ah-h!" he added, with a long breath, "that's good; it is, ...
— McTeague • Frank Norris
... this is, tried to show these women why it is true, especially Penelope, whose eyes were burning dangerously, but they were not interested in my moralizing. "Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die," mocked Margaret G——, emptying her glass, and Roberta joined her, while ...
— Possessed • Cleveland Moffett
... been emptying the coal-scuttle!" laughed Mattie. "What a pity you missed him, Grace! he ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey
... passes along the pipe A to the pump, and is then forced along the pipe B (leading under ordinary circumstances to the hot-well), through the main water valve C directly to the measuring tanks. To enter these the water has to pass through the valves D and E, while the valves F and G are for quickly emptying the tanks when necessary, being of a larger bore than the inlet valves. The inlet pipes H I are placed directly above the outlet valves, and thus, when required, before any measurements are taken, the water can flow directly through the outlet valves, the pipes terminating only a short distance above ...
— Steam Turbines - A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of - the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers • Hubert E. Collins
... delightful region of Montana from Fort Phil. Kearney to Fort C. F. Smith (in the Powder River country), one of the most favored camping-grounds is the one called "Crazy Woman's Fork," the name of a pretty little stream of water that rises in the Big Horn Mountains, and emptying into the Little Horn River. About three miles from the mountains this stream crosses the trail between the two military ...
— Three Years on the Plains - Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 • Edmund B. Tuttle


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