void
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/vɔɪd/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.
verb
- To make invalid or worthless.“He voided the check and returned it.”
- To empty.“void one’s bowels”
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.“to void excrement”
- To withdraw, depart.
adjective
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
noun
- A voidee.
Related words
Synonyms
porebubbleevacuateannulcancelvacancyemptinessnothingnessemptynullnullityinvalidinvalidatenugatorynullifyvitiateavoidquash