bale

bale ¹  (bl)

n.

A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine 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-² in Indo-European roots.]

---

baler n.

---

bale ²  (bl)

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.]

---

bale¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) US 500 pounds of cotton

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a group of turtles

5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Austral and NZ See wool bale

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to make (hay, etc.) into a bale or bales

2. to put (goods) into packages or cartons

3. Austral and NZ to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales See also bail out

[probably from Old French bale, from Old High German]

---

bale²

n Archaic

1. evil; injury

2. woe; suffering; pain

[Old English bealu; related to Old Norse böl evil, Gothic balwa, Old High German balo]

---

bale³

vb

a variant spelling of bail²

---

bale⁴

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of bail⁴

---

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.

---

bale - A package of merchandise.

See also related terms for merchandise.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing hay bale - a bale of hay
	2.	Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland Basel, Basle Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Verb	1.	bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"         collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

---

bale see bail

Translations

bale¹ [beɪl] N [of cloth] → bala f; [of hay] → fardo m, bala f

---

bale² [beɪl]
see bale out

bale out VT + ADV (Naut) [+ water] → achicar; [+ ship] → achicar or sacar el agua de

---

bale [ˈbeɪl ˈbeɪl] n [hay] → balle f

bale out

vi

(of plane) → sauter en parachute

vt sep [+ boat] → écoper; [+ water] → écoper

---

bale¹

n (of hay etc) → Bündel nt; (out of combine harvester, of cotton) → Ballen m; (of paper etc) → Pack m

vt → bündeln; → zu Ballen verarbeiten

---

bale²

vi (Naut) → schöpfen

---

bale¹ [beɪl] n (of cloth, hay) → balla

---

bale² [beɪl] vt & vi
see bale out 1, 2a

bale out

1. vt + adv (Naut) (water) → vuotare; (boat) → sgottare, aggottare

2. vi + adv

a. (Naut) → saltare in acqua

b. (Aer) → gettarsi col paracadute

---

bale¹

n bale [beil]

a large bundle of goods or material (cloth, hay etc) tied together a bale of cotton. baal بالَه، رُزْمَـه، حُزْمَه бала balík, žok balle der Ballen μεγάλη ποσότητα από κτ. που σχηματίζει δεμάτι ή σωρό fardo kaubapall بقچه؛ بسته paali balle חֲבִילָה, צרוֹר गठरी bala bála segulung, satu bal balli, baggi balla 梱 곤포, 짐짝 ryšulys sainis; ķīpa bandela baal (høy)balle bela fardo balot кипа žoch bala bala bal, packe หีบห่อมัดรวมกันเป็นตั้ง balya, denk 大綑 кіпа; тюк ، گٹھڑی گانٹھ kiện hàng 大包

---

bale²

v bale [beil]

(alsobail) to clear (water out of a boat with buckets etc) Several gallons of water were baled out of the boat. uitskep يَنْزَحُ الماء من السَّفينه изпомпвам vybírat (vodu z lodi) øse ausschöpfen καθαρίζω, αδειάζω συν. τα νερά από μια βάρκα) baldear välja kühveldama آب بیرون ریختن از قایق tyhjentää écoper לְרוֹקֵן מִמָים उलेचना izbaciti vodu kimer menguras ausa vuotare, gettare in mare くみ出す 비우다 (iš)semti izsmelt ūdeni (no laivas u.tml.) menimba air keluar hozen øse usuwać, wyczerpywać baldear a scoate вычерпывать (воду) vyberať (vodu z lode) črpati vodo z vedrom izbacivati vodu ösa วิดน้ำ suyu boşaltmak, tahliye etmek 舀水 вичерпувати воду نکالنا، صاف کرنا đóng thành kiện 舀水

bale out

to parachute from a plane in an emergency. uitspring يَقْفِزُ بالمِظَلَّه скачам с парашут seskočit z letadla (s padákem) springe ud mit dem Fallschirm abspringen πέφτω από αεροπλάνο με αλεξίπτωτο σε περίπτωση κινδύνου lanzarse/saltar en paracaídas langevarjuga alla hüppama پریدن با چتر نجات در مواقع اضطراری pelastautua lentokoneesta laskuvarjolla sauter en parachute לִצְנוֹח מִמָטוֹס छतरी से उतरना iskočiti padobranom menerjunkan diri dengan parasut stökkva út í fallhlíf lanciarsi col paracadute パラシュートで脱出する 낙하산으로 탈출하다 iššokti parašiutu, katapultuotis izlēkt ar izpletni terjun keluar uit een vleigtuig springen hoppe ut wyskoczyć, katapultować się saltar a se paraşuta выбрасываться с парашютом núdzovo vyskočiť s padákom izskočiti s padalom iskočiti padobranom hoppa med (rädda sig i) fallskärm กระโดดร่มหนี paraşütle atlamak 緊急跳傘 викидатися з парашутом ہنگامی حالت میں طیارے سے بذریعہ پیراشوٹ باہر آنا nhảy dù khỏi máy bay hỏng 跳伞

See also bail out under bail¹