void
(void)
[Middle English, from Old French voide feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin* vocitus, alteration of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty.]
adjective
- Containing no matter; empty.
- Not occupied; unfilled.
- Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See synonyms at empty
- Ineffective; useless.
- Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.
- Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.
noun
- An empty space.
- A vacuum.
- An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.
- A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.
- Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.
verb: void·ed, void·ing, voids.
transitive verb
- To take out (the contents of something); empty.
- To excrete (body wastes).
- To leave; vacate.
- To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.
intransitive verb
- To excrete body wastes.
derivatives
- void́er
- noun
