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bale
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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 1
Noun
a large bundle of hay or goods bound by ropes or wires for storage or transportation
Verb
[baling, baled]
to make (hay) or put (goods) into a bale or bales [Old High German balla ball]

bale 2
Verb
[baling, baled] same as bail2

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.balebale - 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
Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Verb1.balebale - 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 see, bail
Translations
Spanish bale [beɪl] n (AGR) → paca, fardo
bale out vi (of a plane) → lanzarse en paracaídas
vt (NAUT) → achicar;
to bale sb out of a difficulty → sacar a algn de un apuro

French bale [beɪl] nballe f, ballot m
bale out vi (of a plane) → sauter en parachute
vt (Naut) [+ water, boat]; écoper

German bale [beɪl] n (Agr) → Bündel nt;
(of papers etc) → Packen m
bale out vi (of a plane) → abspringen
vt (water) → schöpfen;
(boat) → ausschöpfen

Italian bale [beɪl] nballa
bale out vt (NAUT) [+ water]; vuotare: [+ boat]; aggottare
vi (of a plane) → gettarsi col paracadute

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