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idle (v. intr.)
1.be lazy or idle"Her son is just bumming around all day"
2.run disconnected or idle"the engine is idling"
3.be idle; exist in a changeless situation"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch" "He slugged in bed all morning"
idle (adj.)
1.constitutionally lazy or idle
2.not in active use"the machinery sat idle during the strike" "idle hands"
3.not in action or at work"an idle laborer" "idle drifters" "the idle rich" "an idle mind"
4.not having a job"idle carpenters" "jobless transients" "many people in the area were out of work"
5.not yielding a return"dead capital" "idle funds"
6.lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility"idle talk" "a loose tongue"
7.silly or trivial"idle pleasure" "light banter" "light idle chatter"
8.without a basis in reason or fact"baseless gossip" "the allegations proved groundless" "idle fears" "unfounded suspicions" "unwarranted jealousy"
idle (n.)
1.the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling"the car engine was running at idle"
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Merriam Webster
IdleI"dle (?), a. [Compar. Idler (?); superl. Idlest.] [OE. idel, AS. īdel vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. īdal, D. ijdel, OHG. ītal vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. � clear, pure, � to burn. Cf. Ether.]
1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. “Deserts idle.” Shak.
Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. xii. 36.
Down their idle weapons dropped. Milton.
This idle story became important. Macaulay.
2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
The idle spear and shield were high uphing. Milton.
3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
Why stand ye here all the day idle? Matt. xx. 6.
4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford.
Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. -- Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution. -- In idle, in vain. [Obs.] “God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in idle.” Chaucer.
Syn. -- Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant. -- Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction is expressed by each of these words; they differ in the cause and degree of this characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent.
IdleI"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Idling (?).] To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. Shak.
IdleI"dle, v. t. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
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idle (adj.)
baseless, bone idle, bone-lazy, dead, ease-loving, flabby, groundless, inactive, indolent, ineffective, jobless, lazy, light, loose, out of work, slothful, sluggish, trivial, unavailing, unfounded, unused, unwarranted, useless, vain, wild, workshy, work-shy, worthless, bone-idle (informal, spéc. anglais britannique), easy going (American), easy-going (British)
idle (v. intr.)
arse about, arse around, be idle, be lazy, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, idle about, laze, laze about, laze around, laze away, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, slug, stagnate, tick over, waste one's time, loaf (colloquial), loaf about (colloquial), loaf around (colloquial), sit about (colloquial), sit around (colloquial)
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idle (adj.)
↘ idleness, idler, idling, lazybones, lazy-bones, loafer, loafing, loafing about, lounger, slacker, sluggard, sluggishly ↗ base, base o.s. on, base on, build, dawdle, establish, found, found on, found upon, go on, ground, linger, sloth, slothfulness, take one's time, underpin ≠ appropriate, busy, convincing, engaged, proper, reasonable, right, valid
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Wikipedia
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Idle (idling) is a term which generally refers to a lack of motion and/or energy.
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In describing a person or machine, idle means the act of nothing or no work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). This is a person who spends his days doing nothing could be said to be "idly passing his days." (For example: Mary has been idle on her instant messenger account for hours.) A computer processor or communication circuit is described as idle when it is not being used by any program, application or message. Similarly, an engine of an automobile may be described as idle when it is running only to sustain its running (not doing any useful work), this is also called the tickover (see idle).
Typically, when one describes a machine as idle, it is an objective statement regarding its current state. However, when used to describe a person, idle typically carries a negative connotation, with the assumption that the person is wasting their time by doing nothing of value.
Such a view is reflected in the proverb "an idle mind is the devil's workshop". Also, the popular phrase "killing time" refers to idleness and can be defined as spending time doing nothing in particular in order that time seems to pass more quickly. These interpretations of idleness are not universal – they are more typically associated with Western cultures.[citation needed] Idleness was considered a disorderly offence in England punishable as a summary offense.[1]
The state of being idle is sometimes even celebrated with a few books on the subject of idleness. How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson is one such example from an author who is also known for his magazine, "The Idler", devoted to promoting its ethos of "idle living". Nobel Laureate Bertrand Russell's In Praise of Idleness; And other essays[2] is another book that explores the virtues of being idle in the modern society.
Mitchell Stevens has published a small mini-series magazine entitled "How idle are you?" which goes over basic idle concepts. (Source: North Shore Times Advertiser)[citation needed]
Mark Slouka published his essay, "Quitting the Paint Factory: The Virtues of Idleness"[3] in the November 2004 Harper's Magazine, hinting at a post-scarcity economy, and linking conscious busy-ness with antidemocratic and fascist tendencies.
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