āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to idle
01
āĻ āĻ˛āĻ¸ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be at rest or not actively doing anything
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Workers idled for a break, chatting in the break room.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to run an engine slowly without being engaged in any work or gear
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The generator idled quietly during the power outage.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
lacking responsibility or purposeful direction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Idle behavior in teenagers can worry their parents.
02
(of a machine, factory, or similar system) not operating or in active use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The engine remained idle while the workers took a break.
03
lacking reason or foundation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He dismissed the rumor as idle speculation.
04
having little or no significance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His remarks were idle and added nothing to the discussion.
05
not engaged in any occupation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She remained idle for months before finding a new position.
06
failing to produce results or benefits
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Much of the farmland lay idle, producing nothing.
01
the condition of an engine or machine when it is running without performing work
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The technician checked the generator during its idle.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
idler
idling
idle
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
