vider

vider [vide]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ récipient, réservoir, meuble, pièce] to empty ; [+ étang, citerne] to drain

• vider un appartement de ses meubles to clear a flat of its furniture

• vider la corbeille (Computing) to empty the waste

• il vida son verre et partit he drained his glass and left

• vider l'eau d'une bassine to empty the water out of a bowl

• la pluie a vidé les rues because of the rain the streets were empty

• vider son sac (inf) to come out with it (inf)

   b. ( = quitter) vider les lieux to leave the premises

   c. ( = nettoyer) [+ poisson, poulet] to gut ; [+ pomme] to core

   d. ( = expulser) (inf) [+ trouble-fête, indésirable] to throw out

   e. ( = épuiser) (inf) to wear out

• ce travail m'a vidé this work has worn me out

2. reflexive verb

► se vider to empty

• en août, la ville se vide (de ses habitants) in August, the town empties (of its inhabitants)

• se vider de son sang to bleed to death

• nos campagnes se vident our rural areas are becoming depopulated

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vide
1.

verbe transitif

1) (débarrasser) to empty [poche, boîte, pièce, verre]; to empty, to drain [cuve, étang, réservoir]; (avaler) to down [verre]; to go through [paquet de biscuits]

vider un coffre-fort — to clean out a safe

2) (retirer) to empty [something] (out) [eau, ordures]

3) (rendre désert) to empty [lieu]

4) (colloq) (expulser) to throw [somebody] out (colloq), to kick [somebody] out (colloq) [intrus, indésirable]

5) (évider) to gut [poisson]; to draw [volaille]; to core [pomme]; to hollow out [tomate]

6) (priver)

vider quelque chose de son sens — to deprive something of all meaning

7) (colloq) (épuiser) (physiquement) to wear [somebody] out; (mentalement) to drain [personne]

2.

se vider verbe pronominal to empty

en été, Paris se vide de ses habitants — in the summer all Parisians leave town

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vide vt

1) [récipient] to empty

vider qch de son contenu — to empty sth of its contents

2) CUISINE, [volaille, poisson] to gut, to clean out

3) (= régler) [querelle] to settle

4) (= fatiguer) to wear out

5) * (= expulser) to throw out, to chuck out *

6) (autre locution)

vider les lieux — to vacate the premises

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vider verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (débarrasser) to empty [poche, boîte, pièce, verre]; to empty, to drain [cuve, étang, réservoir]; (avaler) to down [verre]; to go through [paquet de biscuits]; vider un sac dans qch/sur une table to empty a bag into sth/onto a table; vider qch de son contenu to empty sth of its contents; vider un coffre-fort to clean out a safe;

2 (retirer) to empty [sth] (out) [eau, ordures] (dans into); vider une bouteille dans l'évier to empty a bottle into ou down the sink; vider le grain d'un silo to empty the grain out of a silo;

3 (rendre désert) to empty [lieu]; la sirène a vidé les rues the siren emptied the streets;

4 ○(expulser) to throw [sb] out○, to kick [sb] out○ [intrus, indésirable]; se faire vider de l'école to be kicked out of school;

5 (évider) to gut [poisson]; to draw [volaille]; to core [pomme]; to hollow out [tomate];

6 (priver) vider qch de sa substance/son sens to deprive sth of all substance/meaning;

7 ○(épuiser) (physiquement) to wear [sb] out; (mentalement) to drain.

B se vider vpr [cuve, salle, ville] to empty; [canalisation, eau] to empty (dans into); en été, Paris se vide de ses habitants in the summer all Parisians leave town.

Idiome

vider les lieux or le plancher○ to leave.

[vide] verbe transitif

1. [le contenu de - seau, verre, sac] to empty (out) (separable) ; [ - poche, valise] to empty (out) (separable) ; [ - baignoire] to let the water out of, to empty

vider les ordures to put out the rubbish (UK) ou garbage (US)

vider son chargeur to empty one's magazine

vider de : vider une maison de ses meubles to empty a house of its furniture, to clear the furniture from a house

vider les lieux to vacate the premises

vider l'abcès to clear the air, to make a clean breast of things

vider son sac to get things off one's chest, to unburden oneself

2. [le milieu de - pomme] to core ; [ - volaille] to empty, to clean (out) (separable) ; [ - poisson] to gut

3. [boire] to drain

vider son verre to drain one's glass

vider une bouteille to empty a bottle

nous avons vidé une bouteille à deux we downed a bottle between the two of us

vider les fonds de bouteille to drink the dregs

4. (familier) [épuiser] to do in (separable), to finish off (separable)

être vidé to be exhausted

5. [mettre fin à] to settle (once and for all)

6. DROIT

vider un délibéré to give a verdict after deliberation

7. (familier) [renvoyer] to throw ou to kick out (separable)

vider quelqu'un

{{ind}}a. [employé] to sack (UK) ou to fire somebody

{{ind}}b. [client] to throw somebody out, to bounce somebody (US)

{{ind}}c. [élève] to throw ou to chuck somebody out

8. INFORMATIQUE to dump

9. ÉQUITATION

vider les arçons ou étriers to take a tumble (off one's horse)

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se vider verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [contenu] to empty ou to drain (out)

2. [salle, ville] to empty