Idle

Russian Meaning

холостой ход

холостой

простой

праздный

незанятый

неработающий

безработный

гулящий

бездействующий

пустой

ленивый

бесполезный

тщетный

безваттный

реактивный

неосновательный

бездельничать

лодырничать

лениться

работать вхолостую

English Meaning

  1. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.
  2. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth. See Synonyms at lazy.
  3. Not in use or operation: idle hands.
  4. Lacking substance, value, or basis. See Synonyms at baseless, vain.
  5. To pass time without working or while avoiding work.
  6. To move lazily and without purpose.
  7. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor vehicle.
  8. To pass (time) without working or while avoiding work; waste: idle the afternoon away.
  9. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive.
  10. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.
  11. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.
  12. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.