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Bale

Bale Meaning & Definition
Bale Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bale?

[n] a large bundle bound for storage or transport
[n] a city in northwestern Switzerland
[v] make into a bale; "bale hay"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bale: Basel | Basle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bale: aching heart | agony | agony of mind | anguish | bind up | bindle | bitterness | bleeding heart | bolt | bouquet | broken heart | budget | bundle | bundle up | burden | burdening | burthen | cargo | charge | charging | crushing | cumber | cumbrance | deadweight | deck | depression | depth of misery | desolation | despair | do up | drag | encumbrance | extremity | fagot | fardel | fasces | fascine | freight | grief | handicap | heartache | heavy heart | incubus | incumbency | infelicity | lading | load | loading | melancholia | melancholy | millstone | misery | nosegay | oppression | overload | overtaxing | overweighting | pack | package | packet | parcel | posy | pressure | prostration | quiver | roll | roll up | rouleau | saddling | sadness | sheaf | suicidal despair | superincumbency | surcharge | taxing | tie up | truss | truss up | woe | wrap | wrap up | wretchedness

See Also | accumulate | amass | bundle | city | collect | compile | hay bale | hoard | metropolis | pile up | Schweiz | sheaf | Suisse | Svizzera | Swiss Confederation | Switzerland | urban center

Bale In Webster's Dictionary

\Bale\, n. [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.] A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw ? hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation. {Bale of dice}, a pair of dice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
\Bale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baled} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baling}.] To make up in a bale. --Goldsmith.
\Bale\, v. t. See {Bail}, v. t., to lade.
\Bale\ (b[=a]l), n. [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. balu, OHG. balo, Icel. b["o]l, Goth. balweins.] 1. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. Let now your bliss be turned into bale. --Spenser. 2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]

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