whale
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- noun
- /weɪl/
- The blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh as much as 200 tons.
- blue whale
- gray whale
- humpback whale
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- It's a sorry, they said it's not whale meat, it's shark meat.
- A blue whale, a sperm whale, you know, a whale.
- You thought the whale died in Free Willy?
- And then there are collisions with whales that they create as well.
- So fun spouting whale elephant, my favorite animal.
- They seem round, filling the whole space like whales in smooth hipless motion.
- This is what dolphins and two whales and on in the blueprints.
Examples
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Why do they beach themselves, these whales, these dolphins, these brilliant alien minds in the ocean?
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They seem round, filling the whole space like whales in smooth hipless motion.
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Because if, if it's a whale, it's his people, his family.
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Maybe you should tell him that he seemed to like this whale well enough last night.
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I wait for you, slow and patient as a whale, moving through this ocean of air.
Fiction book (1991) -
A blue whale, a sperm whale, you know, a whale.
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The Creature knows that the whale will make it to the shore or die trying.
Fiction book (1994) -
Exactly two years ago, a sperm whale was washed up on the beach of Koksijde in Belgium.
Fiction book (1994) -
We saw a few salmon in the Coho and even whales spouting on their way north.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every year, thousands of tourists visit the coast to go whale watching and see these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat.
Synonyms
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A very large whale that is bluish grey and the largest animal ever
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A large black and white whale with sharp teeth that hunts other animals
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A large black and white whale with teeth that hunts other sea animals
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A large whale with long flippers and a rounded back when diving
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A large whale with long flippers that arches its back when diving
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A small whale like the beluga that is white as an adult and lives in very cold northern waters
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A very large whale with a huge head and big teeth that lives in deep oceans
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A large whale with a flat head, long body and small back fin found in the Atlantic and Pacific
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A small dark sea animal that lives in groups led by the largest male
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A small white whale that lives in Arctic waters with no fin on its back
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A small whale with a dark, smooth body and a small fin on its back
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A large Arctic whale with a big curved head and thick layer of fat
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A very large whale that lives in Arctic waters with a curved mouth and big body
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A medium-sized whale with a long narrow snout that dives deep in oceans
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A large whale with plates in its mouth that filter tiny sea animals
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A large black-and-white whale with teeth and a tall fin that hunts in groups
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A large whale with a rounded forehead and a long beak
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A very large sea animal with a big rounded head that lives in Arctic waters
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A very large whale like the sperm whale that has oil and ambergris in its head
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A whale that has teeth and eats fish or squid, like dolphins and porpoises
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A large whale that uses thin, brush-like plates in its mouth to filter tiny sea animals from water
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A very large whale with a flat head and deep grooves along its throat
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A whale with a rounded forehead that lives in the North Atlantic
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A large whale with baleen plates, a flat head, and throat ridges that lives in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
A whale that blows water and air from a hole on its head
A very large whale with a big head that dives deep to eat squid
Idioms
- Informal
To try to reach a very difficult or impossible goal for a long time
Compounds
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A very large fish with white spots that moves slowly and eats tiny sea animals and plants
- US
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A small whale like the beluga that is white as an adult and lives in very cold northern waters
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A very large whale with baleen that lives in cold coastal waters and is endangered
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A large whale with a flat head, long body and small back fin found in the Atlantic and Pacific
- Specialized
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A very large whale that lives in Arctic waters with a curved mouth and big body
- Specialized
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A medium-sized whale with a long narrow snout that dives deep in oceans
- Archaic
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A large whale that uses thin, brush-like plates in its mouth to filter tiny sea animals from water
- Specialized
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A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long
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A large whale with baleen plates, a flat head, and throat ridges that lives in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- Offensive
A dangerous online challenge that encouraged people to do harmful tasks, sometimes leading to self-harm
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word whale comes from the old English hwæl, which meant 'large sea animal'. So a whale today is the very large sea mammal that comes to the surface to breathe.