(obsolete) Empty, vacant. / Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. / (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

The state of idling, of being idle. / (mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine. / (gaming) An idle animation. / (gaming) An idle game.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of idle

The state of being idle; inactivity. / The state of being indolent; indolence. / Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.

simple past tense and past participle of idle

plural of idling speed

The speed, measured in revolutions per minute, of an internal-combustion engine when it is running, but is at rest and without power being applied, typically with transmission in neutral.

(engineering) A wheel placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction.

plural of idle wheel