whelp
noun
the young of a carnivore, as a dog, bear, lion, seal, etc.
whelped
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past participleof whelp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof whelp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
whelpnounthe young of a carnivore, as a dog, bear, lion, seal, etc.
Example Sentences
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The puppies were whelped by Kruse’s business partner and former employee who sells the litters from Kruse’s breeding dogs under his own license, which had not been suspended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
And from Susan’s line, the queen’s breeding program at the Kennels of Windsor whelped hundreds of corgi puppies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018
It was after Columbus, his first divorce, and a few wilderness years that he shifted back nearer to his father’s public shape, within his own variation on the entertainment world that whelped him.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2015
Slotting a thesis about modern capitalism into the picaresque 17th-century adventures of a servant "named after the bush he'd been whelped under" doesn't bespeak subtlety.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2013
It happened that Jessie and Bluebell had both whelped soon after the hay harvest, giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
