Object

• bin: Ancillary Services will empty the office bin on demand.

• bladder: Some people may need to use a small disposable catheter once or twice a day to empty the neo bladder.

• bucket: Weed the garden, mow the lawn, empty the kitchen bucket!

Modifies a noun

• tomb: But it is amazing how similar the accounts of the empty tomb are in the four Gospels.

• stomach: First thing in the morning, drink 500ml very cold water on an empty stomach.

• string: The default value is the empty string, which means no extension will be appended to the filename in any case.

• bottle: Tony had told us to bring empty bottles to get mineral water.

• shell: Stir together and turn out onto the bird table when solid, or push into an empty coconut shell.

• cartridge: Why not help the environment by recycling empty printer cartridges whilst saving money!

Used with adjective complement

• lie: A slow start led to fears the area would fail to attract tenants, with most office space lying empty.

• stand: Having then stood empty for a decade, Hastings Hall has now been beautifully restored.

• remain: The position of TDO remained empty for the entire period under review.

• leave: An unoccupied dwelling left empty by a person who has gone to prison.

• sit: Unite have invested money, why should they let it sit empty for 3 months of a year?

• seem: Large secure garden, free run of large big house which seems empty now she has gone.