whale
n. very large sea mammal with an air spout on the top of the head v. hunt whales; thrash, hit repeatedly; attack with criticism | ||||
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Whale Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Whale
(n.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
(n.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
| WordNet 2.0 |
whale
Noun
1. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
(synonym) giant, hulk, heavyweight
(hypernym) large person
2. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
(hypernym) cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
(hyponym) baleen whale, whalebone whale
Verb
1. hunt for whales
(hypernym) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
Noun
1. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
(synonym) giant, hulk, heavyweight
(hypernym) large person
2. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
(hypernym) cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
(hyponym) baleen whale, whalebone whale
Verb
1. hunt for whales
(hypernym) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
| Australian Slang |
Whale
a Murray River cod
a Murray River cod
Slicker than whale shit on an iceberg
very slick
Whale of a time
having a really enjoyable time
| hEnglish - advanced version |
whale
whale
\whale\, n. [oe. whal, as. hw?l; akin to d. walvisch, g. wal, walfisch, ohg. wal, icel. hvalr, dan. & sw. hval, hvalfisk. cf. narwhal, walrus.] (zo?l.) any aquatic mammal of the order cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
note: the existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales (odontocete), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see sperm whale); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales (mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. the most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or greenland, whale (see illust. of right whale), the biscay whale, the antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under gray), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
whale
bird. (zo?l.) (a) any one of several species of large antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, prion turtur (called also blue petrel ), and pseudoprion desolatus. (b) the turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [canada]
whale
fin (com.), whalebone.
whale
fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales.
whale
louse (zo?l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus cyamus, especially c. ceti. they are parasitic on various cetaceans.
similar words(29)
dwarf sperm whale
whale oil
whale louse
bottle-nosed whale
pygmy sperm whale
white whale
polar whale
fin whale
pygmy right whale
whale bird
right whale
minke whale
thrasher whale
sperm whale
beaked whale
bone whale
unicorn whale
jupiter whale
whalebone whale
whale shark
whale shot
whale fin
baleen whale
toothed whale
killer whale
gray whale
whale fishery
piked whale
sulphur whale
whale
\whale\, n. [oe. whal, as. hw?l; akin to d. walvisch, g. wal, walfisch, ohg. wal, icel. hvalr, dan. & sw. hval, hvalfisk. cf. narwhal, walrus.] (zo?l.) any aquatic mammal of the order cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
note: the existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales (odontocete), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see sperm whale); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales (mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. the most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or greenland, whale (see illust. of right whale), the biscay whale, the antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under gray), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
whale
bird. (zo?l.) (a) any one of several species of large antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, prion turtur (called also blue petrel ), and pseudoprion desolatus. (b) the turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [canada]
whale
fin (com.), whalebone.
whale
fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales.
whale
louse (zo?l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus cyamus, especially c. ceti. they are parasitic on various cetaceans.
similar words(29)
dwarf sperm whale
whale oil
whale louse
bottle-nosed whale
pygmy sperm whale
white whale
polar whale
fin whale
pygmy right whale
whale bird
right whale
minke whale
thrasher whale
sperm whale
beaked whale
bone whale
unicorn whale
jupiter whale
whalebone whale
whale shark
whale shot
whale fin
baleen whale
toothed whale
killer whale
gray whale
whale fishery
piked whale
sulphur whale
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Moran
Moran = n. a whale
Moran = n. a whale
Morfil
Morfil = n. sea animal, whale
| Dream Dictionary |
Whale
To dream of seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you will have a struggle between duties, and will be threatened with loss of property.
If the whale is demolished, you will happily decide between right and inclination, and will encounter pleasing successes.
If you see a whale overturn a ship, you will be thrown into a whirlpool of disasters.
To dream of seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you will have a struggle between duties, and will be threatened with loss of property.
If the whale is demolished, you will happily decide between right and inclination, and will encounter pleasing successes.
If you see a whale overturn a ship, you will be thrown into a whirlpool of disasters.
| Dream Symbols |
Whale
Medium / Channel.
Medium / Channel.
Whale Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| UK Post Codes and Counties |
Whale
County: Cumbria
Post Code: CA10
County: Cumbria
Post Code: CA10
Whale Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Whale
The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., "sea-monster"). It is rendered by "dragons" in Deut. 32:33; Ps. 91:13; Jer. 51:34; Ps. 74:13 (marg., "whales;" and marg. of R.V., "sea-monsters"); Isa. 27:1; and "serpent" in Ex. 7:9 (R.V. marg., "any large reptile," and so in ver. 10, 12). The words of Job (7:12), uttered in bitter irony, where he asks, "Am I a sea or a whale?" simply mean, "Have I a wild, untamable nature, like the waves of the sea, which must be confined and held within bounds, that they cannot pass?" "The serpent of the sea, which was but the wild, stormy sea itself, wound itself around the land, and threatened to swallow it up...Job inquires if he must be watched and plagued like this monster, lest he throw the world into disorder" (Davidson's Job). The whale tribe are included under the general Hebrew name tannin (Gen. 1:21; Lam. 4:3). "Even the sea-monsters [tanninim] draw out the breast." The whale brings forth its young alive, and suckles them. It is to be noticed of the story of Jonah's being "three days and three nights in the whale's belly," as recorded in Matt. 12:40, that here the Gr. ketos means properly any kind of sea-monster of the shark or the whale tribe, and that in the book of Jonah (1:17) it is only said that "a great fish" was prepared to swallow Jonah. This fish may have been, therefore, some great shark. The white shark is known to frequent the Mediterranean Sea, and is sometimes found 30 feet in length.
The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., "sea-monster"). It is rendered by "dragons" in Deut. 32:33; Ps. 91:13; Jer. 51:34; Ps. 74:13 (marg., "whales;" and marg. of R.V., "sea-monsters"); Isa. 27:1; and "serpent" in Ex. 7:9 (R.V. marg., "any large reptile," and so in ver. 10, 12). The words of Job (7:12), uttered in bitter irony, where he asks, "Am I a sea or a whale?" simply mean, "Have I a wild, untamable nature, like the waves of the sea, which must be confined and held within bounds, that they cannot pass?" "The serpent of the sea, which was but the wild, stormy sea itself, wound itself around the land, and threatened to swallow it up...Job inquires if he must be watched and plagued like this monster, lest he throw the world into disorder" (Davidson's Job). The whale tribe are included under the general Hebrew name tannin (Gen. 1:21; Lam. 4:3). "Even the sea-monsters [tanninim] draw out the breast." The whale brings forth its young alive, and suckles them. It is to be noticed of the story of Jonah's being "three days and three nights in the whale's belly," as recorded in Matt. 12:40, that here the Gr. ketos means properly any kind of sea-monster of the shark or the whale tribe, and that in the book of Jonah (1:17) it is only said that "a great fish" was prepared to swallow Jonah. This fish may have been, therefore, some great shark. The white shark is known to frequent the Mediterranean Sea, and is sometimes found 30 feet in length.
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Whale
As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," "serpent," "sea-monster" see Dragon. It remains for us in this article to consider the transaction recorded in the book of Jonah, of that prophet having been swallowed up by some great fish" which in (Matthew 12:40) is called cetos (ketos), rendered in our version by "whale." In the first glace, it is necessary to observe that the Greek word cetos, used by St. Matthew is not restricted in its meaning to "a whale," or any Cetacean ; like the Latin cete or cetus, it may denote any sea-monster, either "a whale," Or "a shark," or "a seal," or "a tunny of enormous size." Although two or three species of whale are found in the Mediterranean Sea, yet the "great fish" that swallowed the prophet cannot properly be identified with any Cetacean, for, although the sperm whale has a gullet sufficiently large to admit the body of a man, yet, it can hardly be the fish intended, as the natural food of Cetaceans consists of small animals,such as medusae and crustacea. The only fish, then, capable of swallowing a man would be a large specimen of the white shark (Carcharias vulgaris), that dreaded enemy of sailors, and the most voracious of the family of Squalidae . This shark, which sometimes attains the length of thirty feet, is quite able to swallow a man whole. The whole body of a man in armor has been found in the stomach of a white shark: and Captain King, in his survey of Australia, says he had caught one which could have swallowed a man with the greatest ease. Blumenbach mentions that a whole horse has' been found in a shark, and Captain Basil Hall reports the taking of one in which, besides other things, he found the whole skin of a buffalo which a short time before had been thrown overboard from his ship (p. 27). The white shark is not uncommon in the Mediterranean.
As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," "serpent," "sea-monster" see Dragon. It remains for us in this article to consider the transaction recorded in the book of Jonah, of that prophet having been swallowed up by some great fish" which in (Matthew 12:40) is called cetos (ketos), rendered in our version by "whale." In the first glace, it is necessary to observe that the Greek word cetos, used by St. Matthew is not restricted in its meaning to "a whale," or any Cetacean ; like the Latin cete or cetus, it may denote any sea-monster, either "a whale," Or "a shark," or "a seal," or "a tunny of enormous size." Although two or three species of whale are found in the Mediterranean Sea, yet the "great fish" that swallowed the prophet cannot properly be identified with any Cetacean, for, although the sperm whale has a gullet sufficiently large to admit the body of a man, yet, it can hardly be the fish intended, as the natural food of Cetaceans consists of small animals,such as medusae and crustacea. The only fish, then, capable of swallowing a man would be a large specimen of the white shark (Carcharias vulgaris), that dreaded enemy of sailors, and the most voracious of the family of Squalidae . This shark, which sometimes attains the length of thirty feet, is quite able to swallow a man whole. The whole body of a man in armor has been found in the stomach of a white shark: and Captain King, in his survey of Australia, says he had caught one which could have swallowed a man with the greatest ease. Blumenbach mentions that a whole horse has' been found in a shark, and Captain Basil Hall reports the taking of one in which, besides other things, he found the whole skin of a buffalo which a short time before had been thrown overboard from his ship (p. 27). The white shark is not uncommon in the Mediterranean.
Whale Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
whale
balaena
balaena
Whale Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| gambling |
Whale
- a high roller.
- a high roller.
Whale Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Cocktails |
Blue Whale
1 parts vodka
2 parts sour mix
1 parts blue curacao
blend, serve in exotic glasses
1 parts vodka
2 parts sour mix
1 parts blue curacao
blend, serve in exotic glasses
Whale Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Whale
The term whale can refer to all cetaceans, to just the larger ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea. The last definition is the one followed here. Whales are those cetaceans which are neither dolphins (i.e. members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidea) nor porpoises. This can lead to some confusion because Orcas ("Killer Whales") and Pilot whales have "whale" in their name, but they are dolphins for the purpose of classification.
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