whale

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhweɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hweɪl, weɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hwāl, wāl)

Inflections of 'whale' (n):
whale
npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "The ship was cruising for whale.")
Inflections of 'whale' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
whales
v 3rd person singular (All usages)
whales
v 3rd person singular
whaling
v pres p
whaled
v past
whaled
v past p

Collocations for "whale"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "whale" in context.

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whale

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [blue, giant, great white, bottlenose, humpback] whale
  2. found a beached whale
  3. a [ten] -meter whale
  4. [saw, spotted] whales in the [ocean, sea]
  5. [hunt, kill] whales
  6. as big as a whale
  7. figurative: had a whale of a time!
n as adj
  1. whale [blubber, oil]
  2. go whale watching
'whale' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
baby - blue - breach - bull - calf - fin - giant - killer - monster - penis - population - spout - strand - stranded

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