It is a verb if used in the context of "to move lazily with no purpose".
Otherwise it is an adjective or a noun.
A verb is a word that describes either an action (walk, run, etc), an occurrence (become, happen, etc) or state of being (stand, exist, etc).
Idle is an adjective (idle threats) and a verb (to idle).
Idle can be a noun, though it can also be, and more often is, an adjective or a verb.
The adverb form of the adjective idle is idly.The participles of the verb to idle are idling and idled, but these do not form recognized adverbs.
It depends on whether you are talking about it as a verb or a noun, but some antonyms for the verb are to be idle or lazy, put off, or procrastinate.
無為な /mu i na/ as a modifier. 怠ける /na ma ke ru/ as a verb meaning 'to idle around, to slack off'.
There is no word 'idli' in English. You could mean 'idle', an adjective sometimes used as a noun meaning not working or at rest, and a verb meaning 'at rest'. Examples: Adjective: I have an idle mower that you can use. Noun: It's the meek that will inherit the earth, not the idle. Verb: If you idle the engine for a minute I will listen for a problem. You could mean 'idly', an adverb meaning 'in an idle manner'. Example: I spent my vacation sitting idly on the dock pretending that I was fishing. You could mean 'idol', a noun for someone or something that is the object of excessive admiration or devotion. Example: The idol of the preteens is a guy named Justin.
While "vagrancy" is vagrancia, the Spanish verb is holgazanear (to loiter), with the gerund form holgazaneando (idle, idling, loitering).
The word 'claver' is both a noun and a verb. The noun 'claver' is an abstract noun as a word for gossip or idle talk.
dormant comes from the latin verb "dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormitus" which means "to sleep/be idle"
The abstract noun for the adjective idle is idleness.The abstract nouns for the verb to idle are idler and the gerund, idling.The word idle is a concrete noun, a word for a mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest; a setting of a motor vehicle transmission.
many aircraft sat idle during the strike---------------idleness is a noun... and in your sentence is a verb(i didn't mean that your sentence was wrong... okay? ^^")so here you go... a sentence with a word idleness.Because of his idleness, he lost a lot of time to study.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow was created in 1886.