Idle and Tare

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Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.

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Tare is an antonym for idle.

Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Tare noun - Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.

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Idle is an antonym for tare in topics: cut, move very fast.

Nearby Words: tared, taring

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