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Overview of noun idle

      »   The noun idle has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• idle -- (the State1.) State -- (the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax")
  
  2.) State, province -- (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south")
  
  state of an Engine1.) Engine -- (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)
  
  2.) Engine -- (something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change")
  
  engine or other Mechanism1.) Mechanism, chemical mechanism -- (the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions")
  
  2.) Mechanism, mechanics -- (the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style")
  
  mechanism that is Idling1.) Idleness, idling, loafing -- (having no employment)
  
  1.) Idle, tick over -- (run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling")
  
  idling; "the Car1.) Car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar -- (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work")
  
  2.) Car, railcar, railway car, railroad car -- (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails")
  
  car engine was Running1.) Run, running, running play, running game -- ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running")
  
  2.) Run, running -- (the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit")
  
  running at idle")

Overview of verb idle
      »   The verb idle has 2 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• idle, Tick1.) Tick, ticking -- (a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock")
  
  2.) Tick -- (any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals)
  
  tick over -- (Run1.) Run, tally -- (a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning")
  
  2.) Test, trial, run -- (the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial")
  
  run disconnected or idle; "the Engine1.) Engine -- (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)
  
  2.) Engine -- (something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change")
  
  engine is idling")

• idle, Laze1.) Idle, laze, slug, stagnate -- (be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")
  
  laze, slug, Stagnate1.) Stagnate -- (stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy")
  
  2.) Stagnate -- (cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters")
  
  stagnate -- (be idle; Exist1.) Exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?")
  
  2.) Exist, survive, live, subsist -- (support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day")
  
  exist in a Changeless1.) Immutable, changeless -- (not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature; "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God")
  
  2.) Changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying -- (persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity")
  
  changeless situation; "The old Man1.) Man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")
  
  2.) Serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")
  
  man sat and Stagnated1.) Stagnate -- (stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy")
  
  2.) Stagnate -- (cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters")
  
  stagnated on his porch"; "He Slugged1.) Slug, slog, swig -- (strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out")
  
  2.) Idle, laze, slug, stagnate -- (be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")
  
  slugged in Bed1.) Bed -- (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair")
  
  2.) Bed -- (a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses")
  
  bed all morning")

Overview of adj idle
      »   The adj idle has 7 meanings (first 3 from tagged texts)

• idle -- (not in Action1.) Action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions")
  
  2.) Action, activity, activeness -- (the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action")
  
  action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind")

• baseless, Groundless1.) Baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild -- (without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy")
  
  groundless, idle, Unfounded1.) Baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild -- (without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy")
  
  unfounded, unwarranted, Wild1.) Wild, natural state, state of nature -- (a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild")
  
  2.) Wilderness, wild -- (a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers")
  
  wild -- (without a Basis1.) Footing, basis, ground -- (a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis")
  
  2.) Basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone -- (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture")
  
  basis in Reason1.) Reason, ground -- (a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration")
  
  2.) Reason -- (an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly")
  
  reason or Fact1.) Fact -- (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case")
  
  2.) Fact -- (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts")
  
  fact; "baseless gossip"; "the Allegations1.) Allegation -- ((law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice")
  
  2.) Allegation, allegement -- (statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove)
  
  allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "Unfounded1.) Baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild -- (without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy")
  
  unfounded suspicions"; "Unwarranted1.) Indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted -- (incapable of being justified or explained)
  
  2.) Baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild -- (without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy")
  
  unwarranted jealousy")

• idle, Unused1.) Fresh, unused -- (not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope")
  
  2.) Unused -- (not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change")
  
  unused -- (not in Active1.) Active agent, active -- (chemical agent capable of activity)
  
  2.) Active voice, active -- (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice")
  
  active use; "the Machinery1.) Machinery -- (machines or machine systems collectively)
  
  2.) Machinery -- (a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order")
  
  machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands")

• idle, Light1.) Light, visible light, visible radiation -- ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window")
  
  2.) Light, light source -- (any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights")
  
  light -- (Silly1.) Silly -- (a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly")
  
  1.) Cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany -- (ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books")
  
  silly or Trivial1.) Fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")
  
  2.) Trivial -- (obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose")
  
  trivial; "idle pleasure"; "Light1.) Light, visible light, visible radiation -- ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window")
  
  2.) Light, light source -- (any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights")
  
  light banter"; "Light1.) Light, visible light, visible radiation -- ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window")
  
  2.) Light, light source -- (any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights")
  
  light idle chatter")

• idle, Loose1.) Free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  
  2.) Unleash, let loose, loose -- (turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity")
  
  loose -- (Lacking1.) Miss, lack -- (be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!")
  
  1.) Lacking, missing, nonexistent, wanting -- (not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book")
  
  lacking a sense of Restraint1.) Restraint -- (the of act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")
  
  2.) Restraint, control -- (discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself")
  
  restraint or Responsibility1.) Duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
  
  2.) Province, responsibility -- (the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself")
  
  responsibility; "idle talk"; "a Loose1.) Free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  
  2.) Unleash, let loose, loose -- (turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity")
  
  loose tongue")

• dead, idle -- (not Yielding1.) Giving up, yielding, surrender -- (a verbal act of admitting defeat)
  
  2.) Concession, conceding, yielding -- (the act of conceding or yielding)
  
  yielding a Return1.) Tax return, income tax return, return -- (document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return")
  
  2.) Return, homecoming -- (a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party")
  
  return; "dead capital"; "idle funds")

• idle, Jobless1.) Idle, jobless, out of work -- (not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work")
  
  jobless, out of work -- (not having a Job1.) Occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")
  
  2.) Job, task, chore -- (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores")
  
  job; "idle carpenters"; "Jobless1.) Idle, jobless, out of work -- (not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work")
  
  jobless transients"; "many People1.) People -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")
  
  2.) Citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people")
  
  people in the Area1.) Area, country -- (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country")
  
  2.) Sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena -- (a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit")
  
  area were out of work")

Related Terms - "Idle"

Meaning 1 of Idleidle operation

• Commission1.) Committee, commission -- (a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle)
  
  2.) Commission -- (a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission")
  
  Commission - A special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

• Running1.) Run, running, running play, running game -- ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running")
  
  2.) Run, running -- (the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit")
  
  Running - (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running"

• Idle1.) Idle -- (the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle")
  
  1.) Idle, tick over -- (run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling")
  
  Idle - The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"