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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 bail 2
bale
(beɪl)n
(Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of bail 4
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 ball 1]
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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| bale |
| bale |
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| I bale |
| you bale |
| he/she/it bales |
| we bale |
| you bale |
| they bale |
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| I baled |
| you baled |
| he/she/it baled |
| we baled |
| you baled |
| they baled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am baling |
| you are baling |
| he/she/it is baling |
| we are baling |
| you are baling |
| they are baling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have baled |
| you have baled |
| he/she/it has baled |
| we have baled |
| you have baled |
| they have baled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was baling |
| you were baling |
| he/she/it was baling |
| we were baling |
| you were baling |
| they were baling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had baled |
| you had baled |
| he/she/it had baled |
| we had baled |
| you had baled |
| they had baled |
| Future |
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| I will bale |
| you will bale |
| he/she/it will bale |
| we will bale |
| you will bale |
| they will bale |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have baled |
| you will have baled |
| he/she/it will have baled |
| we will have baled |
| you will have baled |
| they will have baled |
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| I will be baling |
| you will be baling |
| he/she/it will be baling |
| we will be baling |
| you will be baling |
| they will be baling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been baling |
| you have been baling |
| he/she/it has been baling |
| we have been baling |
| you have been baling |
| they have been baling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been baling |
| you will have been baling |
| he/she/it will have been baling |
| we will have been baling |
| you will have been baling |
| they will have been baling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been baling |
| you had been baling |
| he/she/it had been baling |
| we had been baling |
| you had been baling |
| they had been baling |
| Conditional |
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| I would bale |
| you would bale |
| he/she/it would bale |
| we would bale |
| you would bale |
| they would bale |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have baled |
| you would have baled |
| he/she/it would have baled |
| we would have baled |
| you would have baled |
| they would have baled |
bale
Past participle: baled
Gerund: baling
| Imperative |
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| bale |
| bale |
| Present |
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| I bale |
| you bale |
| he/she/it bales |
| we bale |
| you bale |
| they bale |
| Preterite |
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| I baled |
| you baled |
| he/she/it baled |
| we baled |
| you baled |
| they baled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am baling |
| you are baling |
| he/she/it is baling |
| we are baling |
| you are baling |
| they are baling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have baled |
| you have baled |
| he/she/it has baled |
| we have baled |
| you have baled |
| they have baled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was baling |
| you were baling |
| he/she/it was baling |
| we were baling |
| you were baling |
| they were baling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had baled |
| you had baled |
| he/she/it had baled |
| we had baled |
| you had baled |
| they had baled |
| Future |
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| I will bale |
| you will bale |
| he/she/it will bale |
| we will bale |
| you will bale |
| they will bale |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have baled |
| you will have baled |
| he/she/it will have baled |
| we will have baled |
| you will have baled |
| they will have baled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be baling |
| you will be baling |
| he/she/it will be baling |
| we will be baling |
| you will be baling |
| they will be baling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been baling |
| you have been baling |
| he/she/it has been baling |
| we have been baling |
| you have been baling |
| they have been baling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been baling |
| you will have been baling |
| he/she/it will have been baling |
| we will have been baling |
| you will have been baling |
| they will have been baling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been baling |
| you had been baling |
| he/she/it had been baling |
| we had been baling |
| you had been baling |
| they had been baling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would bale |
| you would bale |
| he/she/it would bale |
| we would bale |
| you would bale |
| they would bale |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have baled |
| you would have baled |
| he/she/it would have baled |
| we would have baled |
| you would have baled |
| they would have baled |
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. [画像:bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport]bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport
hay bale - a bale of hay
2. [画像:bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland]Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland
Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Verb 1. [画像:bale - make into a bale]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. baal بالَه، رُزْمَـه، حُزْمَه бала fardo balík, žok der Ballen balle μεγάλη ποσότητα από κτ. που σχηματίζει δεμάτι ή σωρό fardo kaubapall بقچه؛ بسته paali balle חבילה, צרור गठरी bala bála segulung, satu bal balli, baggi balla 梱 곤포, 짐짝 ryšulys sainis; ķīpa bandela baal balle bela ګاټ، بنډل، پنډ fardo balot кипа žoch bala bala bal, packe หีบห่อมัดรวมกันเป็นตั้ง balya, denk 大綑 кіпа; тюк ، گٹھڑی گانٹھ kiện hàng 大包
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. uitskep يَنْزَحُ الماء من السَّفينه изпомпвам retirar vybírat (vodu z lodi) ausschöpfen øse 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 (له اوبو څخه د بيړي) پاكول 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 saltar seskočit z letadla (s padákem) mit dem Fallschirm abspringen springe ud 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 vliegtuig springen hoppe ut wyskoczyć, katapultować się په اضطراری حالاتو كي له پراشوت څخه كار اخسيتل 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 .
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