idle
/ˈaɪdl/ verbDefinition
ENGINE [I] › 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.
STOP WORKING [T] US › to stop someone or something working or being used, often because there is not enough work to do: The closure of the plant idled about 300 workers.
TIME [I] › to spend time doing nothing: We saw her idling in the school grounds.
(Definition of idle verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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