Ide vs. Idle

Idenoun

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.

Idleadjective

(obsolete) Empty, vacant.

Idenoun

Same as first Id, the fish.

Idleadjective

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

‘idle hours’; ‘My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.’;

Idleadjective

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

‘idle workmen’;

Idleadjective

Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

‘an idle fellow’;

Idleadjective

Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

‘an idle story;’; ‘idle talk;’; ‘idle rumor’;

Idleadjective

(obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.

Idleverb

(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

Idleverb

(intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

‘to idle in an IRC channel’;

Idleverb

(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

Idlenoun

(gaming) An idle animation.

Idlenoun

(gaming) An idle game.

Idleadjective

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

‘Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.’; ‘Down their idle weapons dropped.’; ‘This idle story became important.’;

Idleadjective

Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

‘The idle spear and shield were high uphing.’;

Idleadjective

Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

‘Why stand ye here all the day idle?’;

Idleadjective

Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

Idleadjective

Light-headed; foolish.

Idleverb

To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

Idleverb

To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; - often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Idleverb

run disconnected or idle;

‘the engine is idling’;

Idleverb

be idle; exist in a changeless situation;

‘The old man sat and stagnated on his porch’; ‘He slugged in bed all morning’;

Idleadjective

not in action or at work;

‘an idle laborer’; ‘idle drifters’; ‘the idle rich’; ‘an idle mind’;

Idleadjective

without a basis in reason or fact;

‘baseless gossip’; ‘the allegations proved groundless’; ‘idle fears’; ‘unfounded suspicions’; ‘unwarranted jealousy’;

Idleadjective

not in active use;

‘the machinery sat idle during the strike’; ‘idle hands’;

Idleadjective

silly or trivial;

‘idle pleasure’; ‘light banter’; ‘light idle chatter’;

Idleadjective

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;

‘idle talk’; ‘a loose tongue’;

Idleadjective

not yielding a return;

‘dead capital’; ‘idle funds’;

Idleadjective

not having a job;

‘idle carpenters’; ‘jobless transients’; ‘many people in the area were out of work’;