void

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

• Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
• c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.

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

• divers great offices that had been long void

Being without; destitute; devoid.not-comparablewith-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.
• He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.

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

• [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
• I will make void the counsel of Judah.

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

• null and void

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!

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.
• The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.

Having no cards in a particular suit.not-comparable

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.

An extended region of space containing no galaxies.

A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

A black cat.Internetendearinghumorous

• My little void is so sweet sometimes.

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.

The lack of cards in a particular suit.

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

An instance of urination.

To make invalid or worthless.transitive

• Near-synonym: nullify
• He voided the check and returned it.

Synonym of empty (verb).transitive

• void one’s bladder
• void one’s bowels

To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

• to void excrement

To withdraw; to depart.intransitiveobsolete

• 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

To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.obsoletetransitive

• to void a table

A voidee.archaichistorical

• 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.