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bale
a large, bound package, as a bale of hay: Stack the bales in the barn.
Not to be confused with:
bail – money to release a prisoner: I had to bail him out of jail.; remove water, as from a boat: They had to bail very fast to keep the boat from sinking.
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bale 1
(bāl)n.
A large bundle of raw or finished material tightly bound with cord or wire and often wrapped: a bale of hay.
tr.v. baled, bal·ing, bales
To wrap in a bale or in bales: a machine that bales cotton.
[Middle English, from Old French; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
bal′er n.
bale 2
(bāl)n.
1. Evil: "Tidings of bale she brought" (William Cullen Bryant).
2. Mental suffering; anguish: "Relieve my spirit from the bale that bows it down" (Benjamin Disraeli).
[Middle English, from Old English bealu.]
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bale
(beɪl)n
1. (Agriculture) a large bundle, esp of a raw or partially processed material, bound by ropes, wires, etc, for storage or transportation: bale of hay.
2. a large package or carton of goods
3. (Units) US 500 pounds of cotton
4. (Zoology) a group of turtles
5. (Textiles) Austral and NZ See wool bale
vb
6. (Agriculture) to make (hay, etc) into a bale or bales
7. to put (goods) into packages or cartons
8. Austral and NZ to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales
[C14: probably from Old French bale, from Old High German balla ball1]
bale
(beɪl)n
1. evil; injury
2. woe; suffering; pain
[Old English bealu; related to Old Norse böl evil, Gothic balwa, Old High German balo]
bale
(beɪl)vb
a variant spelling of bail2
bale
(beɪl)n
(Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of bail4
Bâle
(bɑl)n
(Placename) the French name for Basle
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bale1
(beɪl)n., v. baled, bal•ing. n.
1. a large bundle, esp. one tightly compressed and secured by wires, cords, or the like: a bale of cotton.
v.t. 2. to make into bales.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-Latin bala, Anglo-French bale pack, bale < Frankish *balla; compare ball1]
bal′er, n.
bale2
(beɪl)n. Archaic.
1. evil; harm; misfortune.
2. woe; misery; sorrow.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English bealu, balu, c. Old High German balo, Old Norse bǫl, Gothic balw-]
Bâle
(bɑl)n.
French name of Basel.
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bale
- A package of merchandise.See also related terms for merchandise.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Bale
a large bundle or package; a measure of varying quantity, 1502.Examples: bale of cloth; of coffee [two to two and a half hundred-weight]; of cotton; of crown paper [14 reams]; of dice [a pair or set], 1822; of turtles—Lipton, 1970.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
bale
Past participle: baled
Gerund: baling
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Bale
Usually a cotton or hay bale, which was cotton or hay compacted into a rectangular cross section bundle and held together by wire (baling wire for hay) or steel bands (for cotton). A cotton bale typically weighed about 500 pounds and a hay bale about sixty-six pounds. Hay is now typically compacted into round bales weighing up to a ton each.
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| Noun | 1. |  bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transporthay bale - a bale of hay |
| 2. |  Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe | |
| Verb | 1. |  bale - make into a bale; "bale hay" |
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bale
see bailCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
بالَه، رُزْمَـه، حُزْمَهيَنْزَحُ الماء من السَّفينه
balíkvybíratžok
balleøse
äyskäröidäpaalatapaalipaalittaa
ausaballi, baggi
izsmelt ūdeniķīpasainis
žoch
Bâle
[bɑːl] N → Basilea fbale
1 [beɪl] N [of cloth] → bala f; [of hay] → fardo m, bala fbale
2 [beɪl]see bale out
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bale
1n (of hay etc) → Bündel nt; (out of combine harvester, of cotton) → Ballen m; (of paper etc) → Pack m
vt → bündeln; → zu Ballen verarbeiten
bale
2vi (Naut) → schöpfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bale
1 [beɪl] n (of cloth, hay) → ballabale
2 [beɪl] vt & visee bale out 1, 2a
bale out
2. vi + adv
b. (Aer) → gettarsi col paracadute
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bale1
(beil) noun a large bundle of goods or material (cloth, hay etc) tied together. a bale of cotton.
bale2
(beil) verb (also bail) to clear (water out of a boat with buckets etc). Several gallons of water were baled out of the boat.
bale out to parachute from a plane in an emergency.
See also bail out under bail1 .
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