Void

//vɔɪd// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled. not-comparable

    "Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense."

  2. 2
    Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc. not-comparable

    "divers great offices that had been long void"

  3. 3
    Being without; destitute; devoid. not-comparable, with-of

    "Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow."

  4. 4
    Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. not-comparable

    "[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please."

  5. 5
    Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification. not-comparable

    "null and void"

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  1. 6
    Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. not-comparable

    "And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!"

  2. 7
    Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function. not-comparable

    "In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value."

  3. 8
    Having no cards in a particular suit. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    containing nothing wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking any legal or binding force wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An empty space; a vacuum.

    "Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go."

  2. 2
    A voidee. archaic, historical

    "Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves."

  3. 3
    an empty area or space wordnet
  4. 4
    An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
  5. 5
    the state of nonexistence wordnet
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  1. 6
    A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
  2. 7
    A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
  3. 8
    An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
  4. 9
    A black cat. Internet, endearing, humorous

    "My little void is so sweet sometimes."

  5. 10
    An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.

    "From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments."

  6. 11
    The lack of cards in a particular suit.
  7. 12
    A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.

    "A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train travelled over it."

  8. 13
    An instance of urination.
Verb
  1. 1
    To make invalid or worthless. transitive

    "Near-synonym: nullify"

  2. 2
    excrete or discharge from the body wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of empty (verb). transitive

    "void one’s bladder"

  4. 4
    take away the legal force of or render ineffective wordnet
  5. 5
    To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    "to void excrement"

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  1. 6
    clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something wordnet
  2. 7
    To withdraw; to depart. intransitive, obsolete

    "BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye"

  3. 8
    declare invalid wordnet
  4. 9
    To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave. obsolete, transitive

    "to void a table"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Etymology 2

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Etymology 3

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Etymology 4

Alteration of voidee.

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