whale1 nounwhale2 verb
whalewhale1 /weɪl/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINwhale1
Origin:
Old English hwælEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But he forgot his natural talents such as hunting and speaking to other whales.
- Echolocation, too, plays an important role in food hunting for dolphins and toothed whales.
- In fact the Minke whale, the smallest species, has always been hunted with a non-explosive grenade.
- So these particular species of bat or whale are living and working in a sonar world.
- The Minke whales, which are numerous, should be culled because they are impeding the recovery of the endangered Blue Whale.
- The only trouble was, the whales sank when killed.
- There the whales deliberately tilt the floes so that seals slide off into the water and into the jaws of their attackers.
- Up to this point Ishmael has told us a good deal about the great sperm whale.
Longman Language Activatorto enjoy doing something
to get pleasure from doing something: · Did you enjoy the party?enjoy doing something: · My father always enjoyed playing golf at weekends.enjoy yourself (=do things that make you feel happy): · The park was full of people enjoying themselves in the sunshine.thoroughly/greatly enjoy: · Thanks for a lovely evening. I thoroughly enjoyed it.· Most of the students said that they had really enjoyed the day out.enjoy every minute/moment of something: · It was a wonderful vacation - we enjoyed every minute of it.enjoy something immensely especially British: · Parts of the play were extremely funny. I enjoyed it immensely.
to enjoy doing something, especially something that you do regularly or for a long time: · I don't like meetings, especially if they go on for too long.like doing something: · We liked living abroad. It was a wonderful experience.like to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it): · Nick likes to relax and read a book in the evenings.
especially spoken to enjoy doing something very much and get a lot of pleasure out of it: · Cassie works in the theatre, and she really loves it.love doing something: · Ben loves swimming, playing tennis, those kinds of thing.love to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it a lot): · She loved to sit in the park and feed the ducks.
especially spoken to enjoy yourself very much when you are with other people: · We had a great time last night - you should have come.· Did you have a good time at the beach?have a good/great etc time doing something: · The kids all had a wonderful time meeting up at each other's houses.
informal to enjoy yourself very much by going out a lot and spending a lot of money on social activities: · Pat spent most of his time at college going to parties and living it up.· I had saved about two thousand dollars, so I decided to whoop it up in Vegas before going home.
to enjoy yourself with other people, for example by relaxing, talking, or laughing with them: · I was having so much fun I forgot how late it was.have fun doing something: · We had fun trying to guess who Mike's new girlfriend was.
especially American, informal to have a very good time: · We went down to the Gulf Coast of Florida for spring break - we had a blast!
informal to enjoy yourself very much: · "Your vacation sounds fantastic.'' "We had the time of our lives!''have the time of your life/have a whale of a time doing something: · Alan was having the time of his life, playing to an admiring audience.· The kids all had a whale of a time, in and out of the pool all day.
to enjoy doing or seeing something: · I get a real kick out of watching my son learning to speak.· Jody got a kick out of trying some of the new video games.
WORD SETSaardvark, nounadder, nounAfghan, nounalley cat, nounalligator, nounalpaca, nounAlsatian, nounamphibian, nounamphibious, adjectiveangora, nounanimal, nounanteater, nounantelope, nounanthropoid, adjectiveantler, nounape, nounappaloosa, nounarachnid, nounarmadillo, nounasp, nounass, nounbaa, verbbaboon, nounbaby, nounbadger, nounbantam, nounbark, verbbark, nounbarnacle, nounbasset, nounbat, nounbay, nounbay, verbbay, adjectivebeagle, nounbear, nounbeast, nounbeast of burden, nounbeaver, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounbelly, nounbig cat, nounbig game, nounbighorn sheep, nounbilly goat, nounbiped, nounbison, nounbitch, nounbivalve, nounbleat, verbbloodhound, nounbloodstream, nounblow-hole, nounboa, nounboar, nounbobcat, nounbovine, adjectivebow-wow, nounboxer, nounbrainwave, nounbrindled, adjectivebristle, verbbronc, nounbronco, nounbrontosaurus, nounbrush, nounbuck, nounbuffalo, nounbull, nounbulldog, nounbullfrog, nounbullock, nounbull terrier, nounburro, nounburrow, nouncalf, nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
Fifteen thousand bird watchers visit annually. Industry-watchers hailed the takeover as a triumph.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a fish, but is actually a mammal2have a whale of a time informal to enjoy yourself very muchCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa beached/stranded whale (=one that is stuck on land)· The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed.verbsgo whale-watching· You can go whale watching off the coast.hunt whales· Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction.save the whales· Greenpeace campaigns to save the whales.a whale breaches (=comes up through the surface of the water)· He got a picture of a whale breaching, with droplets of water glittering in the sun.phrasesa school/pod of whales (=a group of whales)· A school of sperm whales was sighted.whale + NOUNwhale music/song (=sounds made by whales)· Scientists believe that whale song is used to communicate.whale oil (=fat from whales that has been made into oil)· Whale oil was used in lamps.whale meat· Whale meat was once part of the local people's diet.whale blubber (=fat from whales) (=one that is stuck on land)· The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed.
verbs· You can go whale watching off the coast.
· Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction.
· Greenpeace campaigns to save the whales.
(=comes up through the surface of the water)· He got a picture of a whale breaching, with droplets of water glittering in the sun.
phrases (=a group of whales)· A school of sperm whales was sighted.
whale + NOUN (=sounds made by whales)· Scientists believe that whale song is used to communicate.
(=fat from whales that has been made into oil)· Whale oil was used in lamps.
· Whale meat was once part of the local people's diet.
(=fat from whales)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Fifteen thousand bird watchers visit annually. Industry-watchers hailed the takeover as a triumph.· At one point they also passed a beached whale squirming in the desert.· The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed, constantly calling out.
· You wouldn't really have thought it to look at her but Linda Reeve and the Great Blue whale had something in common.· More immediate than that, Linda, like the Blue whale, was largish with nice eyes.· They penetrate south to varying degrees, blue and minke whales often appearing well south of the pack ice edge.· Krill are the principal food of the baleen whales, such as the blue whale and minke.· It becomes impossible to add another and to evolve a beast that preys on blue whales, or on lions.
· From late December to April, scores of California charter boats search out migrating gray whales for tourists.· Sea World freed three gray whales in 1988 which had been tangled in drift nets.· In 1988 Sea World freed three gray whales that had become tangled in drift nets.
· You wouldn't really have thought it to look at her but Linda Reeve and the Great Blue whale had something in common.· This question is the great white whale of graduate school finance courses.· Elizabeth: I was the great white whale.· Up to this point Ishmael has told us a good deal about the great sperm whale.· Worldwide, over a million great whales have been killed this century for their oil and meat.· A whale is killed-a great sperm whale.· Meanwhile, the indestructible burial mound would shrug off the tempest like a great, ageless whale.· So, Ishmael argues, if you really wish to know what a great whale looks like you should go whaling.
· Trade in the grey whale has been outlawed since 1949 because uncontrolled whaling had put it on the verge of extinction.
· A large piece of whale blubber, bearing the marks of fleshing knives, has been discovered off west Falkland.· Thankfully, most large whales are now fully protected.· If so, why is it that the largest known fish is smaller than the largest whale?· The much larger killer whales can porpoise only if the surrounding water is laminar, or at most half turbulent.
· Over 6000 dolphins and small whales were killed on Iki between 1976 and 1982, two thirds of them bottlenose dolphins.· However, many of the smaller whales, such as dolphins, are not.· My first two carvings were produced from this branch: a small whale and an orangutan.· During that time, 24 sets killed 97 dolphins, 11 small whales, and 10 turtles.
· Whales are divided into two main groups, toothed whales and baleen whales.· Several toothed whales, of which only dolphins have been thoroughly studied, have evolved sophisticated echo-sounding equipment in their heads.· Over half the species of toothed whales are dolphins or the closely related porpoises.· The cetaceans are divided into two groups: the baleen whales which have whalebone instead of teeth and the toothed whales.· Echolocation, too, plays an important role in food hunting for dolphins and toothed whales.· Top predators, such as toothed whales and dolphins, can accumulate large quantities in their tissues if they keep eating contaminated prey.· The toothed whales have a set of teeth which they use to grasp large and quick-moving prey, mainly squid or fish.
· Susan felt like a fat white whale surrounded by sharks.· This question is the great white whale of graduate school finance courses.· Elizabeth: I was the great white whale.· The shorts under his work pants are coal black satin covered with big white whales with red eyes.· A white cat, like an albino human or white whale, has a biochemical quirk.· She lay on the bed like a white, stranded whale.
NOUN· Ken Bradshaw and I were singing songs to one another like a pair of humpback whales.
· Nearby is Sea World, the home of sea lions, killer whales and other marine animals which perform before entranced audiences.· The killer whale was in motion, swimming slowly around the raft to take a closer look.· Species such as Risso's dolphin and false killer whales are killed in smaller numbers.· He starts to travel north, but suddenly a killer whale is on his tall.· The altered gene has also been found in mink, cattle-and a single killer whale.· As the ferry nears Vengsøya I talk to Tor about our chances of seeing an orca, a killer whale.· This range includes all dolphins, porpoises, narwhals, pilot and killer whales.· Blake's mathematical models predict that dolphins, killer whales and even some penguins can porpoise.
· The three countries are preparing to resume the slaughter of whales for profit and restart the international trade in whale meat.· There are some, Ishmael tells us, who, like Stubb, find whale meat a great delicacy.· Both species are being exploited increasingly as a substitute to whale meat.· No, he Says, let some one else savor the whale meat.· The whales were being killed for sport because the islanders did not require whale meat for survival, she added.· Some, however, continue to end up as whale meat in restaurants.
· In fact the Minke whale, the smallest species, has always been hunted with a non-explosive grenade.· They penetrate south to varying degrees, blue and minke whales often appearing well south of the pack ice edge.· The Minke whales, which are numerous, should be culled because they are impeding the recovery of the endangered Blue Whale.· The region is one of the chief feeding grounds of the sperm, baleen and minke whales.
· There are, in fact, other powerful reasons for making jojoba a universal substitute for whale oil.· Thus the importance of the whale oil is attested to.· Here he found remains of structures for rendering blubber into whale oil.
· In 1987, 1422 whales were killed, and in 1988, the toll rose to 1690 pilot whales.· Blackfish was what the islanders had named pilot whales.· In 1989 the reported kill figures were 735 pilot whales and 2 rare bottlenose whales.· The stranding had left at least 28 pilot whales dead.· These records show that strandings, especially of pilot whales, have increased over the past 25 years.· Gillian Stacey, organiser of the campaign, claimed that the Faroese needlessly slaughtered 1,500 pilot whales every year.
· Both countries claimed the proposals would not endanger whale populations.· In part, these acknowledged the continuing difficulty in establishing whale populations.
· It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney.· Up to this point Ishmael has told us a good deal about the great sperm whale.· A whale is killed-a great sperm whale.· Fourth, Ishmael makes it clear that an enraged sperm whale will charge and sink a large sailing vessel like the Pequod.· There he found the skeleton of a whale, a sperm whale, which had become a shrine for the natives.· The sperm whale at Tranque, Ishmael says, was about right for a large-sized whale of this type.· The great herds of sperm whales such as the Pequod encounters are known as schools.· Ishmael ponders the brow of the sperm whale.
VERB· We had driven them to the beach, and my leg was caught between two whales.
· Whaling, Reiniger said from his Palo Alto hotel room, radicalized the black sailors, who traveled the world hunting whales.
· In fact the Faroese are killing more whales than ever.· Since both his father and brother had been killed by whales, Starbuck had developed a useful attitude toward the whale.· An explosive harpoon is being developed, not only to damage less meat, but to kill whales quickly and humanely.· We first see him as a gentle jolly fellow set against the perilous task of killing whales from a small oar-manned boat.· He is on the ship to kill whales for a living.
· These measures were more for the maintenance of the industry than to save whales.· Plant protection? Save the gay black whale?
whale1 nounwhale2 verb
whalewhale2 verb [intransitive] American English WORD ORIGINwhale2
Origin:
1700-1800 Perhaps from wale ‘to mark someone's skin by hitting them’ (15-20 centuries), from wale ‘weal’; ➔ WEALVERB TABLE
whale (AmE)
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | whale (AmE) |
| he, she, it | whales (AmE) | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whaled (AmE) |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whaled (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has whaled (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whaled (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whale |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whaled (AmE) |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am whaling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | is whaling (AmE) | |
| you, we, they | are whaling (AmE) | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was whaling (AmE) |
| you, we, they | were whaling (AmE) | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whaling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has been whaling (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whaling (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whaling (AmE) |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whaling (AmE) |
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Fifteen thousand bird watchers visit annually. Industry-watchers hailed the takeover as a triumph.
whale into/on somebody/something to start hitting someone or something Fifteen thousand bird watchers visit annually. Industry-watchers hailed the takeover as a triumph.