verb
- past tense of ‘while’; to pass time in a leisurely or pleasant way
Usage: typically used with ‘away’
Examples
- She whiled away the afternoon reading in the garden.
- They whiled away the hours playing board games during the storm.
- He whiled away his retirement years painting landscapes.
- The children whiled away the summer vacation at their grandparents’ farm.
- We whiled away the evening chatting by the fireplace.
- She whiled away the long flight watching movies.