Definition of idles in English

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idles, verb, present, 3rd person singular of idle (infinitive).

WordNet

Noun Plural: idles
idle - the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
Verb idles, idling, idled
idle - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
		laze, slug, stagnate
		work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
		moon on, moon around, moon expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"
		ride the bench, warm the bench be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"
		daydream, moon have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
		arse about, lounge around, lounge about, loll around, waste one's time, frig around, bum around, bum about, loaf, loll, bum, arse around, fuck off be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
		lie about, lie around hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around"
idle - run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
		tick over
		run become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
Adjective idle, idler, idlest
idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
		busy crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
		uneffective, ineffective, ineffectual lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
		unemployed not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
		bone-idle, bone-lazy constitutionally lazy or idle
		faineant, slothful, work-shy, indolent, lazy, otiose disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
		lackadaisical idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
		leisured free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven
idle - not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
		unused
		inactive not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
idle - not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
		jobless, out of work
		unemployed not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
idle - lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
		loose
		irresponsible showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"
idle - silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
		light
		frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
idle - without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
		baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild
		unsupported not held up or borne; "removal of the central post left the roof unsupported"
idle - not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
		dead

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Wiktionary

idle (Verb)
To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
idle (Verb)
To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
idle (Verb)
Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over .
idle (Adjective)
Empty, vacant.
idle (Adjective)
Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.
idle (Adjective)
Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
idle (Adjective)
Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
idle (Adjective)
Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

idle (superl.)
Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
idle (superl.)
Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
idle (superl.)
Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
idle (superl.)
Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
idle (superl.)
Light-headed; foolish.
idle (v. i.)
To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
idle (v. t.)
To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

idle
ī′dl, adj. vain: trifling: unemployed: averse to labour: not occupied: useless: unimportant: unedifying.—v.t. to spend in idleness.—v.i. to be idle or unoccupied.—adj. I′dle-head′ed, foolish.—ns. I′dlehood, I′dleness; I′dler; Id′lesse, idleness; I′dle-wheel, a wheel placed between two others simply for transferring the motion from one to the other without changing the direction.—n.pl. I′dle-worms, once jocularly supposed to be bred in the fingers of lazy maid-servants.—adv. I′dly. [A.S. idel; Dut. ijdel, Ger. eitel.]