Definitions for idle
The noun idle has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
(the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle")
The verb idle has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
(run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling")
(be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning")
The adj idle has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
(not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind")
(without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy")
(not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands")
(silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter")
(lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue")
(not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds")
(not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work")
