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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Johnadreams :: "Johnadreams (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow..
Bit :: Bit (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
Idlesse :: Idlesse (n.) Idleness.
Lidless :: Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful..
Tattling :: Tattling (a.) Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
Loiterer :: Loiterer (n.) One who loiters; an idler.
Recumbent :: Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle..
Truantly :: Truantly (adv.) Like a truant; in idleness.
Loriner :: Loriner (n.) A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler..
Chak :: Chak (v. i.) To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle..
Parent :: Parent (n.) That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice..
Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..
Blinker :: Blinker (n.) A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment..
Bridle Iron :: Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting..
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..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
Otiosity :: Otiosity (n.) Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease.
Player :: Player (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler..
Scatch :: Scatch (n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
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