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  2. IDLING definition: 1. present participle of idle 2. If an engine or machine idles, it runs slowly but does not move or…. Learn more.

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      IDLY definition: 1. without any particular purpose: 2. doing...

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      IDLE definition: 1. not working or being used: 2. An idle...

  3. The meaning of IDLE is not occupied or employed. How to use idle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Idle.

  4. adjective. 1. (of an engine) running at low speed with the transmission disengaged. An idling engine costs you 3p a minute. explosive acceleration from idling speed. He drove over the marked spot twice at idling speed. noun. 2. the practice of leaving the engine of a vehicle running while the vehicle is stationary.

  5. 1. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle. 2. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling. [Middle English idel, from Old English īdel.] i′dle·ness n. i′dler (īd′lər) n. i′dly adv.

  6. verb [ I ] uk / ˈaɪ.d ə l / us / ˈaɪ.d ə l / (UK also tick over) If an engine or machine idles, it runs slowly but does not move or do any work: He left the engine idling and ran into the shop. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Engineering - mechanical. -engined.

  7. Definitions of 'idling' 1. (of an engine) running at low speed with the transmission disengaged. [...] 2. the practice of leaving the engine of a vehicle running while the vehicle is stationary. [...] More. Synonyms of 'idling' • loafing, resting, drifting, pottering [...] • failing, declining, tiring, sinking [...] More.

  8. IDLE definition: 1. not working or being used: 2. An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work…. Learn more.

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