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|Idle ||phr||"Idle From" - not engaged in, free from.
 
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|Idle ||phr||"Idle One's Time Away" - pass the time in an idle or wasteful way, whether voluntarily or not.
 
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|Idle ||phr||"Run Idle" - to go with without work.
 
|Idle ||phr||"Run Idle" - to go with without work.

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Old English sp English
Idle vb To pass time doing nothing. 2. to move, loiter, or saunter aimlessly: to idle along the avenue. 3. (of a machine, engine, or mechanism) to operate at a low speed, disengaged from the load. 4. to pass (time) doing nothing (often followed by away): to idle away the afternoon. 5. to cause (a person) to be idle. 6. to cause (a machine, engine, or mechanism) to idle.
Idle n The state or quality of being idle.
Idle phr "Bone Idle" - very lazy; lazy to the bone.
Idle phr "Idle From" - not engaged in, free from.
Idle phr "Idle Hands are the Devil's Workshop" -
Idle phr "Idle One's Time Away" - pass the time in an idle or wasteful way, whether voluntarily or not.
Idle phr "Run Idle" - to go with without work.
Idle phr "The Idles" - idleness as an affection or distemper.
Idle-being adj Being idle, idleness.
Idle-bellied adj Sluggish, slothful, gluttonous.
Idle-brained adj Lacking mental vigor, energy, alertness.
Idlefull adj Full of, or inclined to idleness.
Idle-handed adj Lazy, unoccupied.
Idleheaded adj Of little understanding, or intellect, silly,foolish, crazy. 2. off one's head: distracted, delirious. 3. idle-brained; out of one's wits.
Idle-hood n Idleness.
Idle-looking adj Sluggish, slothful, indolent of aspect.
Idleman n One who has no work or occupation, as opposed to the working-man. 2. one employed to do odd jobs. 3.formerly in Ireland: a gentleman.
Idle-minded adj Empty-headed, indolent.
Idleness n The state or condition of being idle; inactivity. 2. state of being indolent; habitual indolence; want of occupation. 3. groundlessness, worthlessness, triviality. 4. ineptitude, futility, folly. 5. light-headedness, delirium.
Idleness phr "Bread of Idleness" - bread (of life or sustenance) not earned by labor.
Idleness phr "In Idleness" - in vain. 2. inactivity, want of occupation, indolent, idleship.
Idler n One who is idle or idles, one eho spent much of his time in idleness. 2. one of those who, being liable to constant day duty on a ship of war, are not subject to keep the night-watch. 3. an idle wheel.
Idleship n State of idleness, vanity. 2. inactivity, want of work, indolent.
Idleth n idleness.
Idle wheel n A gear wheel to convey motion from one wheel to another, all three being upon different axes. 2. an idle pulley.
Idle-witted adj Lacking mental vigor, energy, alertness. 2. out of one's wits.
Idling n
Idlish adj Somewhat or rather idle or lazy.
Idly adv In vain, vainly, uselessly, frivolously, carelessly, ineffectively. 3. in a lazy, idle way, without working, inactively, indolently.
I-do vb To do
I do phr
I don't phr I Don't Care " -
I don't phr "I Don't Know" -
I don't phr "I Don't Think So" -
I don't phr "I Don't Understand" -
I-dow adj Profitable, advantageous