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.
bale 1
B0028800 (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
B0028800 (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.]
bale
(beɪl) n1. (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 goods3. (Units) US 500 pounds of cotton4. (Zoology) a group of turtles5. (Textiles) AustralandNZ See wool balevb6. (Agriculture) to make (hay, etc) into a bale or bales7. to put (goods) into packages or cartons8. AustralandNZ to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales[C14: probably from Old French bale, from Old High German balla ball1]
bale
(beɪl) n1. evil; injury2. 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 bail2
bale
(beɪl) n (Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of bail4
Bâle
(bɑl) n (Placename) the French name for Basle
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 ball1]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.
bale
- A package of merchandise.See also related terms for merchandise.
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.
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Past participle: baled Gerund: baling
Imperative
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I bale
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I baled
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Present Continuous
I am baling
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Present Perfect
I have baled
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Past Continuous
I was baling
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Past Perfect
I had baled
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Future
I will bale
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Future Perfect
I will have baled
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Future Continuous
I will be baling
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I have been baling
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Future Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been baling
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Conditional
I would bale
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Past Conditional
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bale
Past participle: baled Gerund: baling
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bale
bale
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I bale
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I baled
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Present Continuous
I am baling
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Present Perfect
I have baled
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Past Continuous
I was baling
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Past Perfect
I had baled
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Future
I will bale
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I will have baled
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I will be baling
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I have been baling
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Future Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been baling
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Conditional
I would bale
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Past Conditional
I would have baled
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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.Thesaurus
Noun
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bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transportsheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storinghay bale - a bale of hay
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Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland Basel, BasleSchweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Verb
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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 bailTranslations大包舀水
bale1
(beil) noun a large bundle of goods or material (cloth, hay etc) tied together. a bale of cotton. 大綑 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. 舀水 舀水bale out to parachute from a plane in an emergency. 緊急跳傘 跳伞See also bail out under bail1 . IdiomsSeebale up
bale
Bâle,
Switzerland: see BaselBasel or Basle , Fr. Bâle, canton, N Switzerland, bordering on France and Germany. It is bounded in the N by the Rhine River (which becomes navigable in the canton) and in the S by the Jura Mts. .....Click the link for more information..
Bale
a large packing measure for textile raw materials such as cotton, wool, and rags, in the shape of a four-sided prism or (less often) a cylinder. The material to be baled is compressed in mechanical and hydraulic presses to reduce the cost of transportation and to protect against dust and moisture. A bale of cotton 0.3–0.59 eu m in size weighs 120–220 kg. The bale is sheathed in packaging fabric and held together with wire hoops.
bale
[bāl] (industrial engineering) A large package of material, pressed tightly together, tied with rope, wire, or hoops and usually covered with wrapping.The amount of material in a bale; sometimes used as a unit of measure, as 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of cotton in the United States.
bale
1.US 500 pounds of cotton 2. a group of turtles 3.Austral and NZ See wool baleLegalSeebail
Bale
Bale
A standardized bundle of compressed material, tied together or placed in wrapping. Bales are standardized to weigh different amounts in different countries. They are used to measure shipments of commodities like paper and some agricultural products, such as hay.SeeBL
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noun a large bundle bound for storage or transport
bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport
Bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland 
bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"