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idle

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

  1. Empty, vacant.
  2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
  3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
  4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
  6. Light-headed; foolish.

Verb

  1. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
  2. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
  3. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
  4. To cause (an engine) to idle(3)

Noun

  1. The state of idling, of being idle.
  2. The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
  3. An idle animation.
  4. An idle game.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Integrated DeveLopment Environment.
  2. Initialism of Integrated Development and Learning Environment.
  3. A surname.
  4. A suburb in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1737).
  5. A river, the River Idle in Nottinghamshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.

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