while+away
11while away — verb To spend (time) idly but pleasantly We whiled away the hours playing cards. Syn: kill time …
12while away — Pass away (as time), spend pleasantly …
13while away the time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time,… …
14while away the time — make time go by pleasantly We spent the afternoon whiling away the time by the river …
15while away — v. pass the time, kill time. See time …
16while — while, wile, beguile, fleet mean to pass time, especially leisure time, without being bored. One whiles or wiles away a space of time by causing it to be filled by something pleasant, diverting, or amusing {they can while away an hour very… …
17while — [hwīl, wīl] n. [ME < OE hwil, akin to Ger weile < IE base * kweye , to rest > L quies, quiet] a period or space of time [a short while] conj. 1. during or throughout the time that [we waited while she dined] 2. at the same time that… …
18while — ► NOUN 1) (a while) a period of time. 2) (a while) for some time. 3) (the while) at the same time; meanwhile. 4) (the while) literary during the time that. ► …
19while — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) conj. during, as long as, whilst, whereas; although. while away II (Roget s IV) conj. 1. [As long as] Syn. during, at the same time that, during the time that, whilst, throughout the time that, in the… …
20while — while1 W1S1 [waıl] conj 1.) during the time that something is happening ▪ They arrived while we were having dinner. ▪ While she was asleep, thieves broke in and stole her handbag. ▪ She met Andy while working on a production of Carmen. see usage… …
