English to English
adjective
- not in action or at work
An idle laborer.
Idle drifters.
The idle rich.
An idle mind.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
The car engine was running at idle.
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- without a basis in reason or fact
Baseless gossip.
The allegations proved groundless.
Idle fears.
Unfounded suspicions.
Unwarranted jealousy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not in active use
The machinery sat idle during the strike.
Idle hands.
source: WordNet 3.0
- silly or trivial
Idle pleasure.
Light banter.
Light idle chatter.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Idle talk.
A loose tongue.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not yielding a return
Dead capital.
Idle funds.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not having a job
Idle carpenters.
Jobless transients.
Many people in the area were out of work.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- run disconnected or idle
The engine is idling.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch.
He slugged in bed all morning.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
source: Webster 1913
- To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [áidl] Batugan; tangá; pagayongayon; pabayâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [áidl] Magbatugan; magpagayongayon; tumangá
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
