Meanings
present singular third person empties out · participle present emptying out · participle past emptied out · past emptied out
- transitiveTo completely empty.
1 more example
"I don't believe it'll be of much use to him, any more," said he, "for it's full of polliwogs an' fish eggs, an' the water has took all the crinkle out o' the straw an ruined it. I guess, Trot, that the best thing for us to do is to empty out all his body an' carry his head an' clothes along the road till we come to a field or a house where we can get some fresh straw."
1915, L. Frank Baum, The Scarecrow of OzSynonyms: empty
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo completely empty.
Cite this entry
empty out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empty%20out
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