void

adjective

• 1not valid or legally binding:the contract was void
• (of speech or action) ineffectual; useless:all the stratagems you’ve worked out are rendered void

• 2completely empty:void spaces surround the tanks
• (void of) free from; lacking:what were once the masterpieces of literature are now void of meaning
• formal (of an office or position) vacant.

• 3 [predic.] (in bridge and whist) having been dealt no cards in a particular suit: there is a danger that one of the opponents will be void in that suit when West showed void he went into a huddle

noun

• 1a completely empty space:the black void of space
• an unfilled space in a wall, building, or other structure.
• an emptiness caused by the loss of something:his loss leaves a void in the community

• 2(in bridge and whist) a suit in which a player is dealt no cards: a hand with a singleton club is more likely than one with a void

verb

• 1chiefly North American declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding:the Supreme court voided the statute

• 2discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc.): the gases are usually voided into the mechanism
• chiefly Medicine excrete (waste matter): it cannot be metabolized and is voided in the urine
• (usually as adjective voided) empty or evacuate (a container or space): a fully voided core assembly

• 3 (as adjective voided) Heraldry (of a bearing) having the central area cut away so as to show the field.