voider

Variant of void

void definition

void (vo̵id)

adjective

  1. not occupied; vacant: said of benefices, offices, etc.
    1. holding or containing nothing
    2. devoid or destitute (of) void of sense
  2. having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
  3. Card Games holding no cards in a suit as dealt to the hand to be void in clubs
  4. Law
    1. of no legal force; not binding; invalid; null
    2. loosely capable of being nullified

Etymology: ME voide < OFr vuide < VL *vocitus, for L vocivus, var. of vacivus < vacare, to be empty

noun

  1. total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum
    1. total absence of something normally present
    2. a feeling of emptiness or deprivation the void left by his death
  2. a break or open space, as in a surface; gap
  3. Card Games the absence, from a player's hand as dealt, of any cards in a certain suit a void in clubs

transitive verb

  1. Now Rare
    1. to make empty; clear
    2. to vacate
    1. to empty (the contents of something)
    2. to evacuate, or discharge (urine or feces)
  2. to make void, or of no effect; nullify; annul

Etymology: ME voiden < MFr vuidier < vuide, adj.

intransitive verb

to defecate or, esp., to urinate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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