whaling
whaling · whalings
охота на китов, китобойный промысел
Walfang
The practice of hunting whalesThe practice of hunting whales.
/ˈweɪlɪŋ/
» They worked at a whaling station.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The practice of hunting whales.
Walfang
охо́та на кито́вoxóta na kitóv, китобо́йный про́мыселkitobójnyj prómysel
(countable, uncountable)The practice of spotting whales.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A beating.
(countable, uncountable)A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive.
Examples
3 sentencesThey worked at a whaling station.
Some countries have stopped whaling in the face of international criticism.
deAngesichts der internationalen Kritik haben mehrere Länder aufgehört, Wale zu fangen.
Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th-century whaling station.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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Forms
plural: whalingsSynonyms
1 synonymsspotting of whales:whale watching
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedmallemaroking
Derivedwhaling station
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable