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self-emptying

emp·ty
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [emp-tee]
    • /sɛlf -tɪ.li/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [emp-tee]
    • /sɛlf -tɪ.li/

Definitions of self-emptying word

  • adjective self-emptying containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle. 1
  • adjective self-emptying vacant; unoccupied: an empty house. 1
  • adjective self-emptying without cargo or load: an empty wagon. 1
  • adjective self-emptying destitute of people or human activity: We walked along the empty streets of the city at night. 1
  • adjective self-emptying destitute of some quality or qualities; devoid (usually followed by of): Theirs is a life now empty of happiness. 1
  • adjective self-emptying without force, effect, or significance; hollow; meaningless: empty compliments; empty pleasures. 1

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Origin of self-emptying

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant (ǣmett(a) leisure (ǣ- a-3 + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; cf. must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)

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Parts of speech for Self-emptying

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

self-emptying popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for self-emptying

noun self-emptying

  • abjection — an abject state or condition
  • anemia — a condition in which there is a reduction of the number, or volume, of red blood corpuscles or of the total amount of hemoglobin in the bloodstream, resulting in paleness, generalized weakness, etc.
  • aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
  • aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.

adv self-emptying

  • cynically — If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
  • darkly — so as to appear dark.
  • dejectedly — depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
  • desolately — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
  • despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.

Antonyms for self-emptying

noun self-emptying

  • adequateness — the quality of being adequate
  • ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
  • bushing — an adaptor having ends of unequal diameters, often with internal screw threads, used to connect pipes of different sizes
  • comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • distension — the act of distending or the state of being distended.

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