idle
— Verb
– English
～ run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
idle
— Verb
– English
～ be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
idle
— Adjective
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～ without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
idle
— Adjective
– English
～ not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
idle
— Noun
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～ the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
idleness
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
idleness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of lacking substance or value; "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"
idly
— Adverb
– English
～ in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"
Ido
— Noun
– English
～ an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto
idocrase
— Noun
– English
～ a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone
idol
— Noun
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～ a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
idol
— Noun
– English
～ an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept