Толковый словарь английского языка - whale
Whale
whale
I. noun (plural ~s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to Old High German hwal ~ and perhaps to Latin squalus sea fish Date: before 12th century cetacean , one that is impressive especially in size , ~like adjective II. intransitive verb (~d; whaling) Date: 1700 to engage in ~ fishing, III. transitive verb (~d; whaling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1790 lash , thrash , to strike or hit vigorously, to defeat soundly
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1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and horizontal tail, and breathing through a blowhole on the head. Phrases and idioms a whale of a colloq. an exceedingly good or fine etc. whale-oil oil from the blubber of whales. whale shark a large tropical whalelike shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding close to the surface. Etymology: OE hw{aelig}l 2. v.tr. esp. US colloq. beat, thrash. Etymology: var. of WALE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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