idle

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

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

   to idle in an IRC channel

   безде́льничатьbezdélʹničatʹ

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

4. (transitive)To cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear).

   The driver idled his engine until the car finally stalled.

   run disconnected or idle

5. (transitive)To make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work.

1. I don't engage in idle speculation.

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2. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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3. Tom is not an idle boy any longer.

   ruТом больше не лентяй. — sharptoothed

   deTom ist nicht länger ein untätiger Junge. — Espi

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4. I regret having been idle in my youth.

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5. The machines are idle now.

   deDie Maschinen stehen jetzt still. — Espi

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