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Entry 11 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Void

/void/ · IPA /vɔɪd/
01 a. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
  1. 1.
    Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
    “The earth was without form, and void.” — Gen. i. 2.
    “I 'll get me to a place more void.” — Shak.
    “I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country.” — Massinger.
  2. 2.
    Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
    “Divers great offices that had been long void.” — Camden.
  3. 3.
    Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
    “A conscience void of offense toward God.” — Acts xxiv. 16.
    “He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.” — Prov. xi. 12.
  4. 4.
    Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
    “[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.” — Isa. lv. 11.
    “I will make void the counsel of Judah.” — Jer. xix. 7.
  5. 5.
    Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
  6. 6.
    Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.(Law) See: Voidable
Phrases & compounds
Void space — a vacuum.
Syn. Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.
02 n. An empty space; a vacuum.
  1. 1.
    An empty space; a vacuum.
    “Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.” — Pope.
03 v. t. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding
  1. 1.
    To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
    “Void anon her place.” — Chaucer.
    “If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
    “A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.” — Barrow.
    “With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones.” — J. Webster.
  3. 3.
    To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
    “After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.” — Bp. Burnet.
    “It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.” — Clarendon.
04 v. i. To be emitted or evacuated.
  1. 1.
    To be emitted or evacuated.