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# wile

«wile» in Mova's school dictionary: **clever tricks or charming ways used to persuade or fool…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wile, wiles — usually plural); verb (wile away — rare, usually "while away")

### meaning for a pupil

Wiles are clever tricks or charming ways used to persuade or fool someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and fairy tales it describes clever tricksters like foxes, witches or charming villains. Phrases: use all your wiles, feminine wiles (old-fashioned).

### examples

- The fox used all his wiles to trick the crow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x1)
- Despite her wiles, the guard did not let her in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x2)
- The cat used its wiles to get an extra treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x3)
- Odysseus was famous for his wiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x4)
- He fell for the trickster's wiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x5)
- Only have a care of that money-lender, for even magic is not proof against their wiles!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/#x6)

### note

Usually plural: wiles. Adjective: wily (clever and tricky, like a wily fox). Homophone: while (time). "While away the hours" is the usual spelling, though "wile away" is also seen.

### In the corpora

- [In the Road Runner cartoons the bird says «meep meep» and leaves Wile E.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/5-the-desert/3/)
- [In Looney Tunes the Road Runner zooms off in a cloud of dust, says «meep meep», and Wile E.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/122-looney-tunes-real-roadrunner-and-coyote/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wile» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wile/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.