The act of removing all contents from something until nothing is left inside.
From Old English 'æmtig' meaning 'vacant or unoccupied.' The word combines 'empty' with the '-ing' suffix to show the ongoing action.
Some researchers believe that watching water empty from a bathtub creates a spiral in opposite directions depending on which hemisphere you're in, but that's mostly a myth—it needs perfectly still water!
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