BALE

bale

(noun) a large bundle bound for storage or transport

Basel, Basle, Bale

(noun) a city in northwestern Switzerland

bale

(verb) make into a bale; “bale hay”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

bale (uncountable)

Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Suffering, woe, torment.

Etymology 2

Noun

bale (plural bales)

(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

(archaic) A funeral pyre.

(archaic) A beacon-fire.

Etymology 3

Noun

bale (plural bales)

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.

A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

Coordinate terms

• (measurement of paper): bundle, quire, ream

Verb

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

Etymology 4

Verb

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

(British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, beal, blea

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bale

A surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bale

A municipality of Croatia.

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, beal, blea

Source: Wiktionary


Bale, n. Etym: [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr. OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. Ball a round body.]

Definition: A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Bale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baling.]

Definition: To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.

Bale, v. t.

Definition: See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Bale, n. Etym: [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. , OHG. balo, Icel. böl, Goth. balweins.]

1. Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser.

2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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