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Idle

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveEmpty, vacant.
2.AdjectiveNot being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
"idle hours; My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes."
3.AdjectiveNot engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
"idle workmen"
4.AdjectiveAverse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
"an idle fellow"
5.AdjectiveOf no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
"an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor;  idle threats;  idle pleasures"
6.AdjectiveLight-headed; foolish.
7.VerbTo spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.
8.VerbTo lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
"to idle in an IRC channel"
9.VerbOf an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
10.VerbTo cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear).
"The driver idled his engine until the car finally stalled."
11.VerbTo make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work.
12.NounThe state of idling, of being idle.
13.NounThe lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
"a lumpy idle; A slight valve tap was audible at idle but was not noticeable otherwise."
14.NounAn idle animation.
15.NounAn idle game.
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