Word: Idle
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʌɪdl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person) avoiding work; lazy
Short Definition:avoiding work
Examples:- idle students
Definition:
without purpose or effect; pointless
Short Definition:without purpose
Examples:- he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter
Word: Idle
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʌɪdl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
spend time doing nothing
Short Definition:spend time doing nothing
Examples:- four men were idling outside the shop
- we idled the afternoon away
Definition:
(of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear
Short Definition:(of engine) run slowly while out of gear
Examples:- Nadine kept the engine idling
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