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toom

adj

Etymology

From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

  1. derived from *doma-✻ — “to tame”
  2. inherited from *tōmaz✻ — “free, available, empty”
  3. inherited from *tōm(ī)✻
  4. inherited from tōm — “empty”
  5. inherited from toom

Definitions

  1. Empty

    Empty; bare.

    • Gin she was toom afore, she's toomer now, Her heart was like to loup out at her mou'.
    • Then hie to the Custom House, add to your pleasures, Now you're well cover'd, so toom the new measures: It ne'er will be finish'd, I'll wager a groat, Till they've cut a canal te admit five-men boats!
    • Every time Gavin's cup went to his lips Nanny calculated (correctly) how much he had drunk, and yet, when the right moment arrived, she asked in the English voice that is fashionable at ceremonies, "if his cup was toom."

  2. A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.

  3. To empty

    To empty; teem.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Vacant time, leisure.

      • He had exhausted Bath, but his connections and introductions made the transition easy. There was toom for two in the capital.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA