idled
past simple and past participle ofidle
idle
verb[I]
uk/ˈaɪ.dəl/us/ˈaɪ.dəl/(UKalsotick over)If anengineormachineidles, itrunsslowlybut does notmoveor do anywork:
Helefttheengineidling andraninto theshop.
Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- air-cooled
- artificer
- automative
- bionics
- crank
- dolly
- drive shaft
- gasman
- go on
- idle
- mechanical
- mechanize
- neutral
- oilcan
- servomotor
- strip
- tappet
- tick over
- tune
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The engine & engine parts
Phrasal verb
idlesomethingaway
Examplesofidled
idled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead, they have sat back andidledtheir time away.
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The additional fuel costs to compensate for its nuclear reactors beingidledwas 3.6 trillion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the present, other developers have proposed market-rate condominium skyscrapers and other high-rise towers which haveidledin various stages of the planning process.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally,idledacres did not earn deficiency payments, thus reducing commodity program costs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also gave the company's engineers, who had beenidledby the company's financial crisis, deadlines for projects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the time in the faction, actually, they didn't do anything antisocial, they justidledaway and laughed, shouted and played.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.National organizers were sent in during a lockout of 1,200idledmetal-trades workers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All enginesidledahead and the airship began to slow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abandoned,idled, and vacant properties often lie in former industrial and commercial areas, typically in urban and historically disadvantaged areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The industry began to decline and many quarriesidledas previously mined sandstone was sufficient to meet demand.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He honored the fallen driver as heidleddown the track.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.December 14idledalmost all factories and commercial establishments of the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The four-month strikeidled50,000 seamen and 300 ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While the waridled, he interviewed people and produced occasional copy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plant, which had completed construction, wasidledas the capital equipment had not moved into the plant.
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- dual nationality/citizenship
- dual-nationality-citizenship
- dual nature
- dual objective
- dual personality
- dual pricing
- dual-pricing
- dual-purpose
- dual-purpose
- dual-purpose fund
- dual-purpose-fund
- dual responsibility
- dual role
- dual sensory
- dual-sensory
- dual sourcing
- dual-sourcing
- dual structure
- dual system
- dual-task paradigm
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- non-coincidence
- non-coincidence
- noncoital