void

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. lacking any legal or binding force

- null and void

Similar word(s): invalid, null

2. containing nothing

- the earth was without form, and void

Similar word(s): empty

noun

1. the state of nonexistence

Similar word(s): nihility, nothingness, nullity

Definition categories: state, nonentity, nonexistence

2. an empty area or space

- the huge desert voids

Similar word(s): emptiness, vacancy, vacuum

Definition categories: shape, space

Sentences with void as a noun:

- Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

verb

1. declare invalid

- void a plea

Similar word(s): annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash

Definition categories: social, cancel

2. clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something

- The chemist voided the glass bottle

- The concert hall was voided of the audience

Definition categories: change, empty

3. take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Similar word(s): invalidate, vitiate

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

4. excrete or discharge from the body

Similar word(s): empty, evacuate

Definition categories: body, egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

Sentences with void as a verb:

- He voided the check and returned it.

- to void a table