Definition of idle

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Idle (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business..

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Musrol :: Musrol (n.) The nose band of a horse's bridle.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (a.) Silent and idle.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.
Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip..
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..
Tattlery :: Tattlery (n.) Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal..
Lewd :: Lewd (superl.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious..
Stroller :: Stroll (n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Tidley :: Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..
Slowback :: Slowback (n.) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Loaf :: Loaf (v. t.) To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away..
Fool :: Fool (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened..
Project :: Project (n.) An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects..
Dream :: Dream (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
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