HyperDic: void

English > 8 senses of the word *void*:
VERB	social	void, invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify	declare invalid / invalid
	change	void	clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
	change	void, invalidate, vitiate	take away the legal force of or render ineffective
	body	void, evacuate, empty	excrete or discharge from the body
NOUN	state	void, nothingness, nullity, nihility	the state of nonexistence
NOUN	shape	void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum	an empty area or space
ADJECTIVE	all	void, null	lacking any legal or binding force
ADJECTIVE	all	void	containing nothing

void > pronunciation
Sounds	voy'd
Rhymes	adenoid ... unemployed: 38 rhymes with oyd...

English > *void*: 8 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	lacking any legal or binding force.
Example	"null and void"
Synonym	null
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	invalid	Having no cogency or legal force
Spanish	inválido, nulo
Catalan	invàlid, nul

English > *void*: 8 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Containing nothing.
Example	"the earth was without form, and void"
Broader	empty	holding or containing nothing
Spanish	vacío
Nouns	void	an empty area or space

English > *void*: 8 senses > noun 1, state
Meaning	The state of nonexistence.
Synonyms	nothingness, nullity, nihility
Narrower	thin air	nowhere to be found in a giant void
Broader	nonexistence, nonentity	The state of not existing
Spanish	nada, nulidad
Catalan	no-res, nul·litat
Verbs	void	declare invalid / invalid

English > *void*: 8 senses > noun 2, shape
Meaning	An empty area or space.
Example	"the huge desert voids"
Synonyms	vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
Broader	space	An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
Spanish	oquedad, vacante, vacío
Catalan	buit
Adjectives	void	containing nothing
Verbs	void	clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something

English > *void*: 8 senses > verb 1, social
Meaning	declare invalid / invalid.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"void a plea"
Synonyms	invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
Narrower	break	invalidate by judicial action
	set aside	Annul (a legal decision)
	stet	(printing) cancel, as of a correction or deletion
Broader	cancel, strike down	declare null and void
Opposite	validate, formalize, formalise	declare or make legally valid
Spanish	anular, eludir, evitar, invalidar, revocar
Catalan	anul·lar, eludir, evitar, invalidar, revocar
Adjectives	voidable	capable of being rescinded or voided
Nouns	void	the state of nonexistence
Nouns	voider	an official who can invalidate or nullify

English > *void*: 8 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The chemist voided the glass bottle" "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
Broader	empty	make void or empty of contents
Nouns	void	an empty area or space

English > *void*: 8 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	invalidate, vitiate
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	validate	make valid or confirm the validity of
Spanish	anular, invalidar, viciar
Catalan	anul·lar, invalidar
Adjectives	voidable	capable of being rescinded or voided

English > *void*: 8 senses > verb 4, body
Meaning	excrete or discharge from the body.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	evacuate, empty
Caused by	purge	excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
Narrower	suction	Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
Broader	excrete, egest, eliminate, pass	Eliminate from the body
Spanish	arrojar, echar, evacuar
Catalan	evacuar, treure
Nouns	voidance	the act of removing the contents of something
	voider	a person who defecates
	voiding	the bodily process of discharging waste matter

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