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Empty and Reverse

noun

  • A container that has been emptied.
    • usage: "return all empties to the store"

verb

  • Make void or empty of contents.
    • usage: "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
  • Become empty or void of its content.
    • usage: "The room emptied"
  • Leave behind empty; move out of.
    • usage: "You must vacate your office by tonight"
  • Remove.
    • usage: "Empty the water"
  • Excrete or discharge from the body.

adjective

  • Holding or containing nothing.
    • usage: "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
  • Devoid of significance or point.
    • usage: "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
  • Needing nourishment.
    • usage: "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
  • Emptied of emotion.
    • usage: "after the violent argument he felt empty"

noun

  • A relation of direct opposition.
    • usage: "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
  • The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.
  • An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
  • The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.
  • American football. ( a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction)
  • Turning in the opposite direction.

verb

  • Change to the contrary.
    • usage: "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
  • Turn inside out or upside down.
  • Rule against.
    • usage: "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
  • Cancel officially.
    • usage: "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
  • Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.
    • usage: "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"

adjective

  • Directed or moving toward the rear.
    • usage: "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
  • Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
    • usage: "in reverse gear"
  • Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.

reverse is an informal name for a reverse repurchase agreement.