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whale English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word whale once they have reached the level B2 – Upper Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning whale meaning

What does whale mean?

Definitions in simple English

whale Noun

— A whale is a large animal that lives in the ocean. Some whales with teeth eat fish, but many whales don't have teeth. Dolphins and small whales have also been hunted in the waters of the Caribbean for many years.

whale Verb

— If you whale, you hunt for whales.

— If you whale on something, you beat it hard repeatedly.

whale

— noun (= giant) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

— noun any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

— verb hunt for whales

Synonyms whale synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as whale?

whale English » English

hulk

heavyweight

giant

cetacean

beat

whip

wale

thrash

sturgeon

sea monster

oil

leviathan

huge

dolphin

cetaceac

blower

Whale English » English

Cetus

Topics whale topics

What do people use whale to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal Types of animals Mammal

Sea mammal

• What species of whales and dolphins are there?
  whale sperm whale killer whale blue whale right whale dolphin porpoise

Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal

• What are the parts of sea mammals?
  whale flukes flipper blubber baleen blow hole

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Enjoy doing something

• What words refer to feeling happy when you are doing something?
  enjoy yourself have a good time have fun have the time of your life have a whale of a time have a blast be in your element live it up let your hair down

Examples whale examples

How do I use whale in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The whale is not a fish but a mammal.

I've never seen a live whale.

They went whale watching.

The whale shark is the largest shark in the world.

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

The sperm whale can dive to a depth of 1,000 meters.

Never have I seen such a big whale.

Have you ever seen a whale?

The whale is a very large mammal which lives in the sea.

The whale is well known to be the largest mammal.

The whale is the largest animal on the earth.

A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.

A whale is a mammal.

Did you ever see a whale?

We are having a whale of a time.

A whale is a sort of mammal.

The largest animal on Earth is the gigantic blue whale.

Have you ever eaten whale meat?

Movie subtitles

I am Ahab. And the Tooth Fairy, that fat piece of shit, is my white whale.

The whale runs aground.

Caught by the fishermen,.. the whale is bought by the learned Professor Croknuff,.. director of the great Melbourne aquarium.

From the mouth of a whale recently bought by the Melbourne Aquarium,.. came out a beautiful girl, clad in a diving suit.

I know a whale when I see one.

You big killer whale with smoke spout.

That whale she have calf, huh?

You fish for sperm whale, maybe.

Baleia, that mean big fish. like whale, you know?

It's about your father. - Where is he? - Why, it says here he went looking for you and he was swallowed by a whale.

Swallowed by a whale?

A whale named Monstro.

Why, inside the whale at the bottom of the sea.

Don't you realize he's in a whale?

And the Tooth Fairy, that fat piece of shit, is my white whale.

Four different directors were slated at various times to handle the production, before James Whale was set.

He is dramatically pointed up by a series of three successively closer shots, similar to Whale's introduction of Frankenstein's monster, played by Boris Karloff in the 1931 production of Frankenstein.

Whale remembered Claude Rains, and discovered that he had made a screen test for RKO Radio Pictures for the leading male role in A Bill of Divorcement in 1932.

He said that when Whale saw it, he howled with laughter.

But Whale wanted Rains and his special presence.

That's why Whale wanted him, for his voice.

Whale knew Rains and his work and he knew the voice had to be a distinctive one because of the unusual nature of the role.

It's necessary to get Flora and Kemp to another area, via Whale's use of the lateral camera move, which, as in the theatre, breaks away walls and leads us to another room.

Stuart has said that Whale was an exceptionally well prepared and enthusiastic director.

Many other performers and technicians have noted Whale's meticulous approach.

In 1933, James Whale, who had known Una from the London stage, invited her and Merle to act in his Invisible Man.

For many years, she appeared in many memorable Hollywood films, including James Whale's sequel to Frankenstein, the 1935 Bride of Frankenstein.

Whale had worked with or knew them, and naturally felt comfortable when he personally cast them in the film.

I guess a black whiskered whale really has no sense.

Don't you ever ask me to go whale fishing.

Why, it says here he went looking for you and he was swallowed by a whale.

Yeah. A whale? A whale named Monstro.

He's a whale of a whale!

Can you tell me where we can find Monstro, the whale?

Pardon me, pearl, are you acquainted with Monstro, the whale?

Starving to death in the belly of a whale.

News and current affairs

Whales cannot be humanely killed - they are too large, and even with an explosive harpoon, it is difficult to hit the whale in the right spot.

Moreover, whalers do not want to use a large amount of explosive, because that would blow the whale to pieces, while the whole point is to recover valuable oil or flesh.

The Japanese think that humpback whale numbers have increased sufficiently for the killing of 50 to pose no danger to the species.

MELBOURNE - Last month, at the Sea World amusement park in Florida, a whale grabbed a trainer, Dawn Brancheau, pulled her underwater, and thrashed about with her.

Did the whale, an orca named Tilikum and nicknamed Tilly, act out of stress at being held captive in a sterile concrete tank?

The London Whale is a case in point.