Inflected forms: i·dler, i·dlest 1a. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See synonyms at inactive. b. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth. See synonyms at lazy. c. Not in use or operation: idle hands.2. Lacking substance, value, or basis. See synonyms at baseless. , vain.
VERB:
Inflected forms: i·dled, i·dling, i·dles
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To pass time without working or while avoiding work. 2. To move lazily and without purpose. 3. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor vehicle.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To pass (time) without working or while avoiding work; waste: idle the afternoon away.2. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive. 3. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.
NOUN:
1. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.2. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.
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