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Meaning of idle
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idle
adj 1: not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle
drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" [ant: {busy}]
2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the
allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded
suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {baseless},
{groundless}, {idle}, {unfounded}, {unwarranted}, {wild}]
3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the
strike"; "idle hands" [syn: {idle}, {unused}]
4: silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light
idle chatter" [syn: {idle}, {light}]
5: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
"a loose tongue" [syn: {idle}, {loose}]
6: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" [syn:
{dead}, {idle}]
7: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients";
"many people in the area were out of work" [syn: {idle},
{jobless}, {out of work}]
n 1: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling;
"the car engine was running at idle"
v 1: run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling" [syn:
{idle}, {tick over}] [ant: {run}]
2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[syn: {idle}, {laze}, {slug}, {stagnate}] [ant: {work}]
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