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empty

  1. adjective The emphatic form of being sparse (sense 1).
  2. adjective An area that is played out can be said to be empty. See sparse (sense 2).
  3. verb/1 The command to upturn a container so its contents fall to the floor.
  4. adjective Being devoid of players, or at least of highlife. In this sense, the game can be empty without being remotely empty (sense 1). "BL was empty yesterday, they must have all been watching the superbowl on TV".

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