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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Idlesse :: Idlesse (n.) Idleness.
Fool :: Fool (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
Tattling :: Tattling (a.) Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
Growth :: Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth..
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Account :: Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..
Gossipry :: Gossipry (n.) Idle talk; gossip.
Tattlery :: Tattlery (n.) Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
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..
Eyeflap :: Eyeflap (n.) A blinder on a horse's bridle.
Loaf :: Loaf (v. i.) To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Light-headed; foolish.
Project :: Project (n.) An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
Babble :: Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Dream :: Dream (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth..
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
Twaddy :: Twaddy (n.) Idle trifling; twaddle.
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