voider
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void
(void)adj.
1. Containing no matter; empty.
2. Not occupied; unfilled.
3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See Synonyms at empty.
4. Ineffective; useless.
5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.
6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.
n.
1.
a. An empty space.
b. A vacuum.
2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.
3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.
4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.
v. void·ed, void·ing, voids
v.tr.
1. To take out (the contents of something); empty.
2. To excrete (body wastes).
3. To leave; vacate.
4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.
v.intr.
To excrete body wastes.
[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]
void′er n.
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Noun | 1. | voider - an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was" functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
2. | voider - a person who defecates | |
3. | voider - a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour - armor that protects the wearer's whole body chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings | |
4. | voider - a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried hamper - a basket usually with a cover |
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