Look up: idle

1. idle
   [adj] - silly or trivial 2. [adj] - lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility 3. [adj] - not having a job 4. [adj] - not in action or at work 5. [adj] - not in active use 6. [v] - be idle 7. [v] - run disconnected or idle
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2. Idle
   Internal combustion engine operating at no load and minimum engine speed.Idle StabilityThe variation in engine rotational speed when operating under no load and minimum engine speed. The idle stability will be affected by a number of parameters:Engine speed control strategyNumber of cylindersRotational component moment of inertia
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3. Idle
   I'dle adjective [ Compar. Idler ; superl. Idlest .] [ Middle English idel , Anglo-Saxon īdel vain, empty, useless; akin to Old Saxon īdal , Dutch ijde...
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4. Idle
   I'dle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Idled ; present participle & verbal noun Idling .] To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. Shak.
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5. Idle
   I'dle transitive verb To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away ; as, to idle away an hour a day.
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6. idle
   1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. 'Deserts idle.' 'Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.' (Matt. Xii. 36) 'Down their idle weapons dropped.' (Milton) 'This idle story became important.' (Macaul...
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7. idle
   jobless adjective not having a job; `idle carpenters`; `jobless transients`; `many people in the area were out of work`
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8. idle
   light adjective silly or trivial; `idle pleasure`; `light banter`; `light idle chatter`
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9. idle
   loose adjective lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; `idle talk`; `a loose tongue`
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10. idle
    unused adjective not in active use; `the machinery sat idle during the strike`; `idle hands`
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11. idle
    adjective not in action or at work; `an idle laborer`; `idle drifters`; `the idle rich`; `an idle mind`
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12. idle
    tick over verb run disconnected or idle; `the engine is idling`
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13. idle
    laze verb be idle; exist in a changeless situation; `The old man sat and stagnated on his porch`; `He slugged in bed all morning`
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14. idle
    Sometimes used to name the state of people who are not in school but also not working. Context is usually industrialized countries with established labor markets, and the idle are often poor. Contexts: labor; poverty
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15. Idle
    • (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. • (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day. • (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; une...
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16. idle
    pertaining to a traffic-carrying device that is not being used, but is not faulty NOTE - An idle device may be either free or busied out.
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17. idle
    pertaining to a resource that is not being used, but is not faulty NOTE - An idle resource may be either free or busied out.
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18. Idle
    `Idle` (idling) is a term which generally refers to a lack of motion and/or energy. Uses : In describing a person or machine, idle means the act of nothing or no work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). This is a person who spends his days doing nothing could be said to be "...
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19. Idle
    (L&BR) `Idle railway station` was a short-lived station serving Idle, near Bradford. It was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1847, but it was closed the next year. It was located near the west entrance of the Thackley Tunnel. Later, in 1875 another Idle station was built, on the...
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20. IDLE
    (Python) `IDLE` is an integrated development environment for Python, which is bundled in each release of the programming tool since 2.3. It is not included in the python package included with many Linux distributions. It is completely written in Python and the Tkinter GUI toolkit (wrapper fun...
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21. Idle
    (CPU) A computer processor is described as `idle` when it is not being used by any program. Programs which make use of `CPU Idle Time` mean that they run at a low priority so as not to impact programs that run at normal priority. Many programs that use CPU idle time cause the CPU to always be...
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22. Idle
    (engine) When an engine running on `idle` or `idles`, the engine runs without any loads but the engine accessories. Effort has been made to reduce the amount of time engines spend idling, chiefly due to fuel economy and emissions concerns, although some engines can also be damaged if kept idl...
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