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  • idle — ► ADJECTIVE (idler, idlest) 1) avoiding work; lazy. 2) not working or in use. 3) having no purpose or basis: idle threats. ► VERB 1) spend time doing nothing. 2) (of an engine) run slowly w …   English terms dictionary

  • idle — idleness, n. idly, adv. /uyd l/, adj., idler, idlest, v. idled, idling, n. adj. 1. not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers. 2. not spent or filled with activity: idle hours. 3. not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle… …   Universalium

  • idle — i|dle1 [ˈaıdl] adj [: Old English; Origin: idel] 1.) not working or producing anything ≠ ↑busy ▪ I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle . ▪ The whole team stood idle , waiting for the mechanic. ▪ The workers have been idle for the last six… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • idle — i•dle [[t]ˈaɪd l[/t]] adj. i•dler, i•dlest, 1) not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing 2) not filled with activity: idle hours[/ex] 3) not in use or operation: idle machinery[/ex] 4) habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy 5) of… …   From formal English to slang

  • idle — /ˈaɪdl / (say uydl) adjective (idler, idlest) 1. unemployed, or doing nothing: idle workers. 2. unoccupied, as time: idle hours. 3. not kept busy or in use or operation: idle machinery. 4. habitually doing nothing or avoiding work. 5. of no real… …  

  • idle — 1 adjective 1 not working or operating productively: Owing to the electricity strike, a lot of factory workers were left idle. | We can t afford to have all this expensive machinery lying idle. | the | idle rich (=rich people who do not work for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • idle — 1. adjective 1) an idle person Syn: lazy, indolent, slothful, work shy, shiftless, inactive, sluggish, lethargic, listless; slack, lax, lackadaisical, good for nothing; rare otiose Ant: ind …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • idle — {{11}}idle (adj.) O.E. idel empty, void; vain; worthless, useless; not employed, common West Germanic (Cf. O.S. idal, O.Fris. idel empty, worthless, O.Du. idil, O.H.G. ital, Ger. eitel vain, useless, mere, pure ), of unknown origin. Idle threats… …   Etymology dictionary

  • idle — [OE] ‘Lazy’ is only a secondary meaning of idle. It originally meant ‘useless, worthless’ (as in ‘idle threats’), and the sense ‘lazy’ did not develop until the 13th century (the Old English words for ‘lazy’ were slow and slack). Idle is shared… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • idle — [OE] ‘Lazy’ is only a secondary meaning of idle. It originally meant ‘useless, worthless’ (as in ‘idle threats’), and the sense ‘lazy’ did not develop until the 13th century (the Old English words for ‘lazy’ were slow and slack). Idle is shared… …   Word origins

  • idle — adjective (idler, idlest) 1》 avoiding work; lazy.     ↘not working or in use. 2》 having no purpose or basis: idle threats. 3》 (of money) held in cash or in accounts paying no interest. verb 1》 spend time doing nothing.     ↘move aimlessly.     ↘N …   English new terms dictionary

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