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What is the verb for empty?

What's the verb for empty? Here's the word you're looking for.

empty
  1. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
  2. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
  3. Synonyms:
emptying
empties
emptieth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of empty
emptied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of empty
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I have now remade the bed, emptied all the wastepaper baskets and hoovered upstairs.”
      “She walks slowly down a street now emptied of cars and people, but soon breaks into a jubilant run.”
      “They emptied the pool of its water by splashing about and then threw toys and sand into it.”
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