empty

vide

Qui ne contient ni personnes ni choses.

En anglais simple : Containing no people or things.

• The bottle is empty.
• We walked through the empty streets.
• Is there an empty seat near the window?

Synonymes : vacant

Contraires : full

Expressions courantes : empty bottle, empty room, empty box, empty purse

creux, vain

Qui n’a pas de sens réel, de sentiment sincère ou de chance de produire un résultat.

En anglais simple : Without real meaning, honest feeling, or any likely result.

• His apology was just empty words.
• They made empty promises about improving the roads.
• She refused to be frightened by his empty threats.

Synonymes : hollow, meaningless, insincere

Contraires : meaningful, sincere

Expressions courantes : empty words, empty promise, empty threat

vider

Retirer tout ce qui se trouve à l’intérieur de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To remove everything from inside something.

• Please empty the bin.
• She emptied her bag onto the bed.
• Have you emptied the dishwasher?

Comment l'utiliser : empty something into/onto something (He emptied the water into the sink.); empty something of something (We emptied the room of furniture.)

Synonymes : clear out

Contraires : fill

Expressions courantes : empty the bin, empty your pockets, empty something out

se jeter, se déverser

Pour un cours d’eau, se déverser dans une autre étendue d’eau ou à son point d’arrivée.

En anglais simple : To flow into another body of water or a final destination.

• The river empties into the sea.
• Several streams empty into this lake.
• The channel emptied into a wide bay.

Comment l'utiliser : empty into something (The stream empties into the river.)

Synonymes : flow, drain

Expressions courantes : empty into something, empty into the sea

bouteille vide, contenant vide

Bouteille ou autre récipient dont le contenu a été utilisé et qui est désormais vide.

En anglais simple : A bottle or other container with nothing left inside after its contents have been used.

• Put that empty in the recycling box.
• We collected the empties after the party.
• The shop gives a refund for each empty.

Expressions courantes : another empty, return an empty, discard an empty