From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Emptying \Emp"ty*ing\, n.
1. The act of making empty. --Shak.
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2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emptying.]
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or
destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to
empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
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The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth.
--Eccl. xi. 3.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emptying
n 1: the act of removing the contents of something [syn:
emptying, voidance, evacuation]