whale

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English hƿæl, hwæl

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• enPR: wāl, IPA: /weɪl/, SAMPA: /weIl/
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Rhymes: -eɪl

• Homophones: wail (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Noun

whale (plural whales)

1. Any of several species of large sea mammals

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[edit] Verb

to whale (third-person singular simple present whales, present participle whaling, simple past and past participle whaled)

1. (intransitive) To hunt for whales.
2. (transitive) To flog, to beat.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aehlw
• wheal