Definition of "void" in Anglais

adjective

Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
- c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
(with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- null and void
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
(programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
(bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.

noun

An empty space; a vacuum.
- Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
(astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
(materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
(fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
(construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
(Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- My little void is so sweet sometimes.
An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
(bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
(medicine, urology) An instance of urination.

verb

(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- Near-synonym: nullify
- He voided the check and returned it.
- Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.
(transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- void one’s bladder
- void one’s bowels
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- to void excrement
(intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw; to depart.