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idle

  • 1 idle

    1. adjective
    1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) aðgerðalaus; ekki í notkun
    2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) latur
    3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) gagnslaus; innantómur
    4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) ástæðulaus
    2. verb
    1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) vera iðjulaus; slæpast
    2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) í lausagangi
    •
    - idleness
    - idly
    - idle away

    English-Icelandic dictionary > idle

  • 2 idle away

    (to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) sóa, eyða

    English-Icelandic dictionary > idle away

  • 3 bone idle

    (very lazy: He could find a job but he's bone idle.) húðlatur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bone idle

  • 4 bone

    [bəun] 1. noun
    1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) bein
    2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) bein
    2. verb
    (to take the bones out of (fish etc).) úrbeina
    - bone china
    - bone idle
    - a bone of contention
    - have a bone to pick with someone
    - have a bone to pick with
    - to the bone

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bone

  • 5 drone

    [drəun] 1. noun
    1) (the male of the bee.) karlbÿfluga
    2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) letingi, iðjuleysingi
    3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) drunur; suð
    2. verb
    1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) suða; drynja
    2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) tala tilbreytingarlaust

    English-Icelandic dictionary > drone

  • 6 layabout

    noun (a lazy, idle person.) slæpingi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > layabout

  • 7 loafer

    noun an idle loafer.) slæpingi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > loafer

  • 8 toy

    [toi] 1. noun
    (an object made for a child to play with: He got lots of toys for Christmas; a toy soldier.) leikfang
    2. verb
    ((with with) to play with in an idle way: He wasn't hungry and sat toying with his food.) leika sér að

    English-Icelandic dictionary > toy

  • 9 vagabond

    ['væɡəbond]
    (an old word for a person having no settled home, or roving from place to place, especially in an idle or disreputable manner: rogues and vagabonds.) flækingur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > vagabond

  • 10 vegetate

    ['ve‹iteit]
    verb (to live an idle, boring and pointless life: I would like to get a job - I don't want to vegetate.) lifa tilþrifalausu lífi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > vegetate

См. также в других словарях:

  • IDLE —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Eric Idle.  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Idle — I dle, a. [Compar. {Idler}; superl. {Idlest}.] [OE. idel, AS. [=i]del vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. [=i]dal, D. ijdel, OHG. [=i]tal vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. ? clear, pure, ? to burn. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • idle — [īd′ l] adj. idler, idlest [ME idel < OE, empty, akin to Ger eitel, vain, empty < ? IE base * ai dh, to burn, shine: basic sense, either “only apparent, seeming” or “burned out”] 1. a) having no value, use, or significance; worthless;… …   English World dictionary

  • IDLE — в Windows Тип Интегрированная среда разработки Операционная система …   Википедия

  • Idle — [ aɪdl] (engl. „untätig“, „unausgenutzt“) bezeichnet in der Informatik den Umstand, dass ein Prozess untätig ist oder eine Ressource ungenutzt bleibt. Zum einen ist Idling unerwünscht, da brach liegende Kapazitäten die Effizienz des Systems… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • idle — adj 1 *vain, nugatory, otiose, empty, hollow Analogous words: fruitless, bootless, *futile, vain: *ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious: trivial, paltry, *petty, trifling Contrasted words: significant, pregnant, meaningful (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • IDLE — steht für: International Date Line East, eine der Zonenzeiten der Zeitzone UTC+12 Idle, Bestandteil von Informatik Fachbegriffen (z.B. Idle Task für Leerlaufprozess) Integrated DeveLopment Environment, Entwicklungsumgebung für die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • idle — idle·hood; idle·man; idle·ness; idle; …   English syllables

  • idle — [adj1] not used; out of action abandoned, asleep, barren, closed down, dead, deserted, down, dusty, empty, gathering dust*, inactive, inert, jobless, laid off, leisured, mothballed, motionless, on the bench*, on the shelf*, out of operation, out… …   New thesaurus

  • Idle — I dle, v. t. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

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