Found 2 hits - Term: idle wheel, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
idle \i"dle\, a. compar. idler; superl. idlest. oe. idel,
as. imacdel vain, empty, useless; akin to os. imacdal, d.
ijdel, ohg. imactal vain, empty, mere, g. eitel, dan. sw.
idel mere, pure, and prob. to gr. ? clear, pure, ? to burn.
cf. ether.
1. of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable;
thoughtless; silly; barren. "deserts idle." --shak.
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every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment. --matt.
xii. 36.
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down their idle weapons dropped. --milton.
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this idle story became important. --macaulay.
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2. not called into active service; not turned to appropriate
use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
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the idle spear and shield were high uphing.
--milton.
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3. not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing
nothing; as, idle workmen.
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why stand ye here all the day idle? --matt. xx. 6.
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4. given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy;
slothful; as, an idle fellow.
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5. light-headed; foolish. obs. --ford.
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idle pulley mach., a pulley that rests upon a belt to
tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not
used to transmit power.
idle wheel mach., a gear wheel placed between two others,
to transfer motion from one to the other without changing
the direction of revolution.
in idle, in vain. obs. "god saith, thou shalt not take
the name of thy lord god in idle." --chaucer.
syn: unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent;
sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile;
frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant.
usage: idle, indolent, lazy. a propensity to inaction
is expressed by each of these words; they differ in
the cause and degree of this characteristic. indolent
denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of
movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and
denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. lazy is a
stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent.
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see also:
idler idlest ether idle pulley idle wheel in idle
idle indolent lazy busy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
idle wheel
n : a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to
guide or tighten it syn: idle pulley, idler pulley
see also:
idle pulley idler pulley
Results 1 - 10 of 12 found about idle wheel: Idle
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Idle, definition of term: Idle
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Gear Wheel, definition of term: Gear Wheel
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Fly Wheel, definition of term: Fly Wheel
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Measuring Wheel, definition of term: Measuring Wheel
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Pelton Wheel, definition of term: Pelton Wheel
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Fifth Wheel, definition of term: Fifth Wheel
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Ferris Wheel, definition of term: Ferris Wheel
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Color Wheel, definition of term: Color Wheel
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