0 past simple and past participle of idle --
1 If an engine or machine idles, it runs slowly but does not move or do any work: --
The plant, which had completed construction, was idled as the capital equipment had not moved into the plant.
While the war idled, he interviewed people and produced occasional copy.
The four-month strike idled 50,000 seamen and 300 ships.
December 14 idled almost all factories and commercial establishments of the city.
He honored the fallen driver as he idled down the track.
The industry began to decline and many quarries idled as previously mined sandstone was sufficient to meet demand.
Abandoned, idled, and vacant properties often lie in former industrial and commercial areas, typically in urban and historically disadvantaged areas.
All engines idled ahead and the airship began to slow.
