Thesaurus / blubber
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They were hunted incessantly for their meat and blubber, which could be turned into oil and used in a variety of industrial products like lamps.
A RARE HUMPBACK WHALE ‘MEGAPOD’ WAS SPOTTED SNACKING OFF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTHANNAH SEOSEPTEMBER 14, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe settlers observed the Inuit hunting seals and then heating their homes by burning blubber, eating the meat—surviving.
SHOULD I MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST, EVEN THOUGH THERE’S A DROUGHT?MSKENAZYSEPTEMBER 1, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEA sea otter’s secret to staying warm isn’t in thick stores of blubber.
HERE’S HOW SEA OTTERS STAY WARM WITHOUT BLUBBER OR A LARGE BODYJAIME CHAMBERSAUGUST 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSSea otters are also the smallest marine mammals, which means they have a larger surface area relative to their body size through which to lose heat, and they lack the insulating blubber found in their more massive relatives.
SEA OTTERS DEFY OUR UNDERSTANDING OF METABOLISMCLAIRE MALDARELLIJULY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCESea otters’ secret to staying warm isn’t in thick stores of blubber.
SEA OTTERS STAY WARM THANKS TO LEAKY MITOCHONDRIA IN THEIR MUSCLESJAIME CHAMBERSJULY 8, 2021SCIENCE NEWSBesides a few crumbs, it contained a small lump of narwhal blubber and a little packet.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThen he would burst rudely into my solitude and while I sopped cold water over his injured members, he would blubber.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDFat Boy's two hundred and eighty-odd pounds were drooped over his chair like the blubber of an exhausted, beach-stranded whale.
THE HOLES AND JOHN SMITHEDWARD W. LUDWIGThe faithful swallow "squid," and become a mass of blubber; the sceptics feed on solid flesh, and are thin as tigers.
ANCIENT FAITHS AND MODERNTHOMAS INMANRobinson began to blubber the moment George took his hand, spite of the money lost.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEWORDS RELATED TO BLUBBER
- bawl
- bemoan
- bewail
- blub
- blubber
- boohoo
- break down
- burst into tears
- caterwaul
- choke up
- complain
- deplore
- dissolve in tears
- fret
- grieve
- groan
- howl
- keen
- lament
- let go
- let it all out
- mewl
- moan
- mourn
- put on the weeps
- regret
- ring the blues
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- sigh
- sniff
- snivel
- sob
- sorrow
- squall
- turn on waterworks
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- yowl
- ached
- agonized
- anguished
- be brokenhearted
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bled
- blubbered
- carried on
- complained
- cried
- deplored
- fretted
- grieved
- hurt
- keened
- lamented
- languished
- long for
- missed
- moaned
- pined
- regretted
- repined
- rued
- sighed
- sobbed
- sorrowed
- suffered
- took it hard
- wailed
- was sad
- wept
- wore black
- wrung hands
- yearned
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.