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 | "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-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-dow | adj | Profitable, advantageous |
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