Of machinery, doing no direct work; merely changing the direction of motion: as, an idle gear; also, running merely to carry transmission-elements: as, an idle pulley (which see).

To spend or waste time in inaction or without employment.

To spend in idleness; waste: generally followed by away: as, to idle away time.

Empty; vacant; not occupied: as, idle hours.

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.

In a state of disuse; remaining unused.

Useless; ineffectual; vain; bootless; unavailing; futile: as, idle rage.

Of no importance; trivial; irrelevant; flippant; pointless; unprofitable: as, an idle story.

Acting idly or unconcernedly; careless; indifferent.

Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor; lazy: as, an idle fellow.

Wandering in mind; light-headed: an occasional use in old plays.

noun. Idleness; indolence.

noun. An indolent person.

intransitive verb. To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

transitive verb. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away.

adjective. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

adjective. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed.

adjective. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing.

adjective. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

adjective. Light-headed; foolish.

adjective. a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power.

adjective. a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution.

adjective. in vain.

adjective. Empty, vacant.

adjective. Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.

adjective. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.

adjective. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

adjective. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

verb. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

verb. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

verb. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

adjective. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

adjective. not in action or at work

adjective. not having a job

adjective. not yielding a return

verb. be idle; exist in a changeless situation

verb. run disconnected or idle

adjective. without a basis in reason or fact

adjective. not in active use

noun. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

adjective. silly or trivial

"He is free to believe in his own beliefs which, according to Tusar, do not include the Vedic myths or what he calls the idle intellectual approximations of the Avatar."

idle worms  in idle  to be sick of the idles  to run idle  

bone-idle  bone-lazy  faineant  frivolous  inactive  

idler  

idled  idling  

operation  

arse about  arse around  bum  bum about  bum around  

bridal  bridle  homicidal  idol  idyll  

careless  foolish  frivolous  ignorant  lazy  

abortive  absurd  airy  amble  ambling  

idled  idles  idling