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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wile /waɪl/USA pronunciation n., v., wiled, wil•ing. n. [countable] - a trick meant to fool, trap, or lure another.
v. - wile away, to while away (time): [~ + away + object]to wile away the hours lazily in the sun.[~ + object + away]to wile the days away.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wile (wīl),USA pronunciation n., v., wiled, wil•ing. n. - a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice;
device. - wiles, artful or beguiling behavior.
- deceitful cunning;
trickery.
v.t. - to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.):The music wiled him from his study.
- wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion:to wile away the long winter nights.
- Old Norse vēl artifice, earlier *wihl-
- 1125–75; (noun, nominal) Middle English; late Old English wil, perh.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deception, contrivance, maneuver. See trick.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged chicanery, fraud.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wile /waɪl/ n - trickery, cunning, or craftiness
- (usually plural) an artful or seductive trick or ploy
vb - (transitive) to lure, beguile, or entice
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old Norse vel craft; probably related to Old French wīle, Old English wīgle magic. See guile |