[ˈʌɪdl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person) avoiding work; lazy
(e.g: idle students)

- without purpose or effect; pointless
(e.g: he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’

[ˈʌɪdl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- spend time doing nothing
(e.g: four men were idling outside the shop)

- (of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear
(e.g: Nadine kept the engine idling)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’