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Noun whale has 2 senses

giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale - a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
--₁ is a kind of large person
whale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
--₂ is a kind of cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
--₂ has particulars:
baleen whale, whalebone whale; toothed whale; narwhal, narwal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros; spouter

Derived form: verb whale₁

Verb whale has 1 sense

whale - hunt for whales
--₁ is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down

Derived forms: noun whale₂, noun whaler₁, noun whaler₂
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and whale