distribute vs empty

distribute

verb
  • To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. 

  • To have employees working remotely from multiple locations. 

  • To supply to retail outlets. 

  • To scatter or spread. 

  • To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. 

  • To deliver or pass out. 

  • To divide into portions and dispense. 

  • To classify or separate into categories. 

  • To be distributive. 

  • To apportion (more or less evenly). 

  • To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 

empty

verb
  • To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of. 

  • Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination. 

adj
  • Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value). 

  • Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season. 

  • Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial. 

  • Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy. 

  • Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain. 

  • Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language. 

  • Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. 

  • Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened. 

noun
  • A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. 

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