whale

[US]/weɪl/
[UK]/weɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. å slå hardt; å beseire kraftig
vi. å jage hvaler
n. en stor havetilhører; noe enormt.
Word Forms
Present Participlewhaling
Pluralwhales
Past Tensewhaled
Past Participlewhaled
Third Person Singularwhales

Phrases & Collocations

giant whale

store hvitkjærr

humpback whale

hval med rumpe

blue whale

blåhval

sperm whale

spergehval

killer whale

Spissfinnhval

whale watching

hvitkjærrobservasjon

whale conservation

hvitkjærrvern

white whale

hvit hvitkjærr

whale meat

hvitkjærrkjøtt

right whale

rett hvitkjærr

whale shark

hvalhval

beaked whale

snabelhval

Example Sentences

a whale of a story.

en hel haug historie.

the upstroke of the whale's tail.

den oppstigningen av hvalens svale.

The whale is rich in blubber.

Hvalen er rik på blubber.

waiting for the whale to breach.

venter på at hvalen skal bryte vannet.

They had a whale of a time at the funfair.

De hadde en hel haug moro på lekeplassen.

you've been doing a whale of a job.

du har gjort en hel haug arbeid.

a whale stranded on the shore

en hval som er strandet på stranden

The whale is the largest mammal in creation.

Hvalen er det største pattedyret i skapelsen.

The poet whaled away at the critics.

Poeten halede bort på kritikerne.

Whales belong among the mammals.

Hvaler tilhører blant de pattedyr.

whales ingesting krill.

valer som forbruker krill.

the islanders clubbed whales to death.

Øyboerne klappet hvalene til døden.

whales enmeshed in drift nets.

hvaler som er fangene i driftenet.

a sperm whale cannot see directly fore and aft.

en sælval kan ikke se ret frem og ret bak.

whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate.

hvaler bruker sin egen innebygde sonarsystem for å navigere.

Dad came upstairs and whaled me.

Pappa kom oppover og slo meg.

The whale thrashed the water with its tail.

Hvalen slo vannet med sin svale.

They whaled their rivals 20 to 0.

De slo sine rivaler 20-0.

Real-world Examples

That's how you devour a whale, Doug.

Så er det hvordan du spiser opp en hval, Doug.

Source: House of Cards

Look. The other card is a whale.

Se. Den andre kortet er en hval.

Source: People's Education Press PEP Primary School English Grade 6 Volume 2

And after that, Japan just kept on whaling and selling whale meat.

Og etter det fortsatte Japan med å fange hvaler og selge hvalkjøtt.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

And there is two whales right there.

Og det er to hvaler rett der.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Scientists have been studying these whales for many years.

Vitenskapsmenn har studert disse hvalene i mange år.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

So it's a particular type of musical lilting whale.

Så det er en spesiell type musikalsk hval.

Source: Connection Magazine

Remember, it's a whale, so that's all right.

Husk, det er en hval, så det er greit.

Source: CNN Selected June 2015 Collection

Or even the mighty blue whale.

Eller selv den store blåhvalen.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Dorothy takes out a magic bike for the big white whale.

Dorothy tar ut en magisk sykkel for den store hvite hvalen.

Source: BlackCat (Beginner) Audiobook

I can see Philip's toy whale and its white tail.

Jeg kan se Philips leketøy-hval og dens hvite svale.

Source: Shanghai Education Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Second Semester

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