Meaning of idle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of idling, of being idle.
3. Initialism of Integrated DeveLopment Environment.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. A suburb in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1737).
   countable, uncountable
5. The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
6. Initialism of Integrated Development and Learning Environment.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. A river, the River Idle in Nottinghamshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.
   countable, uncountable
8. An idle animation.
9. Acronym of indolent lesion of epithelial origin.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
10. An idle game.

Equivalents

Examples

“a lumpy idle”

“A slight valve tap was audible at idle but was not noticeable otherwise.”

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