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.

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[Middle English, from Old French; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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baler n.

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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).

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[Middle English, from Old English bealu.]

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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]

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bale ²

Verb

[baling, baled] same as bail²

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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.

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"

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bale see see, bail

Translations

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

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bale [beɪl] n → balle f, ballot m

bale out vi (of a plane) → sauter en parachute

vt (Naut) [+ water, boat]; écoper

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bale [beɪl] n (Agr) → Bündel nt;

(of papers etc) → Packen m

bale out vi (of a plane) → abspringen

vt (water) → schöpfen;

(boat) → ausschöpfen

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bale [beɪl] n → balla

bale out vt (NAUT) [+ water]; vuotare: [+ boat]; aggottare

vi (of a plane) → gettarsi col paracadute

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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 大包 кіпа; тюк ، گٹھڑی گانٹھ kiện hàng 大包