See Also: bifascicular(medicine)
Empty(medicine)
empty(2)(dictionary)
empty(1)(dictionary)
empty-headed(dictionary)
empty-handed(dictionary)
empty 2, verb(dictionary)
empty 1, adjective(dictionary)
Empty Nesters(money)
magnification empty(medicine)

empty(1) (iou) and bifascicular (medicine)


empty(1) (iou)



empty adjective & noun.

A. adjective.
At leisure, unoccupied. Also, unmarried. Only in OE.
Of a receptacle: containing nothing. Opp. full. OE.
on an empty stomach: see STOMACH noun.
A. Newman Vicky put the empty suitcase on top of the wardrobe.
b. Foll. by of, in: lacking, devoid of, (specified contents or a specified quality). L15.
G. Greene The air was empty of planes.
Of space, a place, a building, etc.: unoccupied, vacant; containing no furniture or occupants; uninhabited. OE.
S. Hazzard He lifted the folded mackintosh..he had dumped on the empty seat alongside. S. Naipaul The office..is empty and looks as if it has not been used for a long time.
b. Math. & Logic. Of a class or set: containing no members or elements. M20.
Having no load or cargo; unladen. ME.
return empty arch. (of a sword) come back without having been used in killing someone.
b. Of the hand: not bringing or taking away anything. Of a person: empty-handed. E16.
Bible (AV): Luke 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
a. Of a thing: lacking substance; meaningless, ineffectual; insincere. ME.
Isaiah Berlin Progress and reaction, however much these words have been abused, are not empty concepts.
b. Of a person: lacking knowledge and sense; frivolous, foolish. E17.
a. Of the body: shrunken, emaciated, weak. LME-E18.
b. Without money, destitute. L16-E18.
c. Hungry. Now colloq. L16.
d. Of a cow or Other farm animal: not pregnant. E20.
Special collocations & comb.: empty calories: from Food containing no nutrients. empty-handed adjective having or bearing nothing (come empty-handed, bring nothing, esp. no gift: go empty-handed, leave having gained nothing). empty-headed adjective lacking common sense or intelligence, frivolous. empty nest fig. a household where the parents alone remain after the children have grown up and left Home. empty nester colloq. a person whose children have grown up and left Home. Empty Quarter the Rub al-ali, a desert region in the south of the Arabian peninsula. empty word Grammar: having no meaning in itself but having a grammatical function.
b. noun. An empty vehicle, container, etc.; esp. one from which the contents have been removed. M19.
Time Out One can actually imagine him taking back the tavern empties.

bifascicular (medicine)


bifascicular


Involving two of the presumed three major fascicles of the ventricular conduction system of the heart.