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void
I. \ˈvȯid\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English void, voide, from Old French voide, vuide, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin vocitus, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin vocuus empty, from Latin vacuus — more at vacuum
1. : containing nothing
< the earth was without form, and void — Gen 1:2(Authorized Version) >
2. : unoccupied with work or business : idle, leisure
< void hours >
3.
a. : having no holder or occupant : unoccupied, vacant
< void bishopric >
b. : not occupied by inhabitants or buildings : deserted
4.
a. : being without : wanting, devoid — used with of
< void of common sense >
< void of malice >
< a bridge hand void of spades >
b. of a category, class, or suit : having no members or examples
< bid a void suit as a slam signal >
5. obsolete : wanting good qualities : foolish, worthless
< idol void and vain — Alexander Pope >
6. : not producing any effect : vain, useless
< dull and void as a work of art — C.E.Montague >
7.
a. : of no legal force or effect and so incapable of confirmation or ratification : null
< declare a marriage void >
< void ballot >
b. : voidable
Synonyms: see empty
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : empty or unfilled space : emptiness, vacancy, vacuum
< gazing out into the void >
< wandering about in a void >
b. : a space not filled by anything solid : opening, gap
< air-filled voids of the soil >
< alternation of solid and void that is characteristic of the Japanese house — Lewis Mumford >
2. : the quality or state of being without or free from something : lack, absence, want
< loneliness that was one with the cruel void of the prairie sky — Walter O'Meara >
3. : a feeling of want or hollowness (as from unsatisfied desire)
4. : sunyata 1
5. : absence of any card of a particular suit in a hand as originally dealt
< partner has a void in spades >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English voiden, from Middle French voidier, vuidier, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin vocitare, from vocuus empty
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make empty or vacant : clear
< press gallery has been voided of the customary bulky desks — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
b. : vacate, leave
< void the room >
2. : to cast out : discharge, emit
< void excrement >
3. obsolete : expel, dismiss
4. : to cause to be of no validity or effect : nullify, annul
< void a deed >
< void a pension >
< void an insurance policy >
< void a contract >
5. archaic : avoid, shun, evade, prevent
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to go out or away : depart
2. : to eliminate solid or liquid waste from the body |