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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]

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

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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