Void

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Void, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.].

•  Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.  [1913 Webster]

  "The earth was without form, and void."  [1913 Webster]

  "I 'll get me to a place more void."  [1913 Webster]

  "I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
  I may run over the story of his country."  [1913 Webster]
•  Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.  [1913 Webster]

  "Divers great offices that had been long void."  [1913 Webster]
•  Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

  "A conscience void of offense toward God."  [1913 Webster]

  "He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.  [1913 Webster]

  "[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please."  [1913 Webster]

  "I will make void the counsel of Judah."  [1913 Webster]
•  Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.  [1913 Webster]

Void space (Physics), a vacuum.

Syn. -- Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.

Void, n. 

 An empty space; a vacuum.  [1913 Webster]
"Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,
And fills up all the mighty void of sense."  [1913 Webster]

Void, v. t. [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.].

•  To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.  [1913 Webster]

  "Void anon her place."  [1913 Webster]

  "If they will fight with us, bid them come down,
  Or void the field."  [1913 Webster]
•  To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.  [1913 Webster]

  "A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices."  [1913 Webster]

  "With shovel, like a fury, voided out
  The earth and scattered bones."  [1913 Webster]
•  To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.  [1913 Webster]

  "After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken."  [1913 Webster]

  "It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed."  [1913 Webster]

Void, v. i. 

 To be emitted or evacuated.  Wiseman.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Void, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 a empty, vacant. b (foll. by of) lacking; free from (a style void of affectation).
2 esp. Law (of a contract, deed, promise, etc.) invalid, not binding (null and void).
3 useless, ineffectual.
4 (often foll. by in) Cards (of a hand) having no cards in a given suit.
5 (of an office) vacant (esp. fall void).
--n.
1 an empty space, a vacuum (vanished into the void; cannot fill the void made by death).
2 an unfilled space in a wall or building.
3 (often foll. by in) Cards the absence of cards in a particular suit.
--v.tr.
1 render invalid.
2 (also absol.) excrete.

Derivative

voidable adj. voidness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF dial. voide, OF vuide, vuit, rel. to L vacare VACATE: v. partly f. AVOID, partly f. OF voider

THESAURUS

Void

abandon, abbreviate, abnegate, abolish, abridge, abrogate, absence, abysm, abyss, acreage, annihilate, annul, area, arroyo, bankrupt in, bare, bare of, barren, bereft of, bland, blank, blankness, bleached, blot out, blow, blow out, blue-pencil, bootless, bowdlerize, box canyon, breach, breadth, break, bring to naught, bring to nothing, buffer, ca-ca, cancel, cancel out, canyon, cavity, censor, chap, characterless, chasm, check, chimney, chink, clean out, clean slate, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, come to nothing, continuum, coulee, couloir, counterbalance, countermand, counterorder, crack, cranny, crap, crevasse, crevice, cross out, cut, cwm, defecate, defile, delete, dell, denuded of, deplete, deprivation, deprived of, deserted, destitute of, devoid, devoid of, dike, dimension, disannul, discharge, disembogue, dissolve, ditch, do away with, donga, drain, draw, dung, edit, edit out, eject, eliminate, emit, emptiness, empty, empty of, empty out, empty space, erase, evacuate, excavation, excrete, exhaust, existless, expanse, expansion, expel, expunge, expurgate, extension, extent, fault, featureless, field, fissure, flaw, flow, flume, for want of, forlorn of, fracture, frustrate, furrow, futile, galactic space, gap, gape, gash, give off, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hollow, idle, in default of, in want of, inane, inanity, incision, ineffective, ineffectual, infinite space, inoperative, insipid, interstellar space, invalid, invalidate, joint, kill, kloof, lacking, leak, make void, measure, minus, missing, moat, needing, negate, negation, negativate, negative, negativeness, negativity, neutralize, niche, nihility, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, nonexistent, nonoccurrence, nonreality, nonsubsistence, not-being, notch, nothing, nothingness, null, null and void, nullah, nullify, nullity, number two, offset, omit, opening, out of, out of pocket, outer space, override, overrule, pass, passage, place, pointless, pour, proportion, purge, put aside, quash, ravine, recall, recant, remove, renege, rent, repeal, repealed, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, revoked, rift, rime, rub out, rupture, scant of, scissure, scour out, seam, set aside, shit, short, short of, shy, shy of, slit, slot, space, spatial extension, sphere, split, spread, stool, strike, strike off, strike out, stultify, superficial extension, surface, suspend, sweep out, tabula rasa, take a shit, throw out, thwart, tract, trench, unactuality, unavailing, unblessed with, unclog, undo, unexisting, unfilled, unfoul, unoccupied, unpossessed of, unreality, unrelieved, unused, unutilized, urinate, useless, vacancy, vacant, vacantness, vacate, vacuity, vacuous, vacuum, vain, valley, vent, vitiate, void of, volume, wadi, waive, wanting, white, with nothing inside, withdraw, without, without being, without content, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

Void

Unsubstantiality

N unsubstantiality, insubstantiality, nothingness, nihility, no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing, nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody, never a one, ne'er a one, no such thing, none in the world, nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth, not a particle, all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense, matter of no importance, matter of no consequence, thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter, nominis umbra, nonentity, flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil, shadow, phantom, dream, ignis fatuus, such stuff as dreams are made of, air, thin air, vapor, bubble, baseless fabric of a vision, mockery, hollowness, blank, void, inanity, fool's paradise, unsubstantial, baseless, groundless, ungrounded, without foundation, having no foundation, visionary, immaterial, spectral, dreamy, shadowy, ethereal, airy, cloud built, cloud formed, gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal, vacant, vacuous, empty, eviscerated, blank, hollow, nominal, null, inane, there's nothing in it, an ocean of dreams without a sound.

Zero

N zero, nothing, null, nul, naught, nought, void, cipher, goose egg, none, nobody, no one, nichts, nixie, nix, zilch, zip, zippo, not a soul, ame qui vive, absence, unsubstantiality, not one, not a one, not any, nary a one, not a, never a, not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot, not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Absence

N absence, inexistence, nonresidence, absenteeism, nonattendance, alibi, emptiness, void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy, tabula rasa, exemption, hiatus, lipotype, truant, absentee, nobody, nobody present, nobody on earth, not a soul, ame qui vive, absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home, missing, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, inexistence, empty, void, vacant, vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless, barren, sterile, desert, deserted, devoid, uninhabitable, without, minus, nowhere, elsewhere, neither here nor there, in default of, sans, behind one's back, the bird has flown, non est inventus, absence makes the heart grow fonder, absent in body but present in spirit, absento nemo ne nocuisse velit, Achilles absent was Achilles still, aux absents les os, briller par son absence, conspicuous by his absence, in the hope to meet shortly again and make our abs, absence, inexistence, nonresidence, absenteeism, nonattendance, alibi, emptiness, void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy, tabula rasa, exemption, hiatus, lipotype, truant, absentee, nobody, nobody present, nobody on earth, not a soul, ame qui vive, absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home, missing, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, inexistence, empty, void, vacant, vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless, barren, sterile, desert, deserted, devoid, uninhabitable, without, minus, nowhere, elsewhere, neither here nor there, in default of, sans, behind one's back, the bird has flown, non est inventus, absence makes the heart grow fonder, absent in body but present in spirit, absento nemo ne nocuisse velit, Achilles absent was Achilles still, aux absents les os, briller par son absence, conspicuous by his absence, in the hope to meet shortly again and make our abs.

Interval

N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.