While

Definition of while:

To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.
To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; - usually followed by away.
To spend, as time.
To cause to pass without irksomeness ( with away).
To cause to pass without tediousness, as time.
To spend pleasantly, as time; commonly followed by away.
To cause time to pass away pleasantly, without irksomeness.
To cause to pass pleasantly; to loiter.
Until; till.
A period of time; time or pains required to do something; used in the expressions, worth while, and worth one's while.
A space of time.
A short time; also, a period of time.
Space of time; continued duration; pains or time, as in " worth while".
a period of indeterminate length ( usually short) marked by some action or condition; " he was here for a little while"; " I need to rest for a piece"; " a spell of good weather"; " a patch of bad weather"
During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.
Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.
During the time that; at the same time.
During the time that.
At the same time that; sometimes; tho.
During the time that: at the same time that, as long as.
During the time that; as long as; at the same time that.

Usage examples for while

I won't say another word about this because I want to know what the princess has been doing while I've been gone. The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba
I was rather angry with him myself for a while. Gossamer 1915 by George A. Birmingham
Why shouldn't it be done while Mrs. Picture was away, before she came back? When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
After a while she came back, and then, what do you think? Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri

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