Void

[vɒɪd] or [vɔɪd]

Definition

(noun.) an empty area or space; 'the huge desert voids'; 'the emptiness of outer space'; 'without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum'.

(verb.) clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; 'The chemist voided the glass bottle'; 'The concert hall was voided of the audience'.

(adj.) containing nothing; 'the earth was without form, and void' .

Checker: Wilbur--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

(a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

(a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.

(a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

(a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

(a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.

(n.) An empty space; a vacuum.

(a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.

(a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.

(a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.

(v. i.) To be emitted or evacuated.

Edited by Enrico

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Empty, vacant, inane, unfilled, unoccupied, unfurnished, unsupplied.[2]. Free, destitute, clear, without.[3]. Null, invalid, nugatory, ineffectual, of no effect, of no binding force.

n. Vacuum, INANE, empty space.

Checker: Sumner

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Wanting, empty, vacant, useless, nugatory, destitute, bereft, unoccupied,unfilled, unsubstantial, lacking, invalid, null

ANT:Possessed, endued, furnished, full, occupied, solid, substantial, rich, valid,operative, good, efficacious

Checker: Scott

Definition

adj. unoccupied: empty: destitute (with of): having no binding force: wanting: unsubstantial.—n. an empty space.—v.t. to make vacant: to quit: to send out emit empty out: to render of no effect to nullify: (Spens.) to lay aside divest one's self of.—adj. Void′able that may be voided or evacuated.—n. Void′ance act of voiding or emptying: state of being void: ejection.—p.adj. Void′ed (her.) having the inner part cut away or left vacant—said of a charge or ordinary.—ns. Void′er one who empties: a contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body: a tray for carrying away crumbs &c.; Void′ing the act of voiding: a remnant; Void′ness emptiness: nullity.

Typed by Emile