Definition of bales Bales
/bejˈlz/ - [beylz] -
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Wiktionary 
- bales (Noun)
Plural of bale.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: bales |
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| bale - a large bundle bound for storage or transport | ||
| sheaf, bundle a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | ||
| bale - a city in northwestern Switzerland | ||
| Basel, Basle, Bale | ||
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| bale - make into a bale; "bale hay" | ||
| accumulate, amass, hoard, compile, pile up, collect, roll up collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" | ||
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Wiktionary
- bale (Noun)
Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. - bale (Noun)
Suffering, woe, torment. - bale (Noun)
A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire. - bale (Noun)
A funeral pyre. - bale (Noun)
A beacon-fire. - bale (Noun)
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation. - bale (Noun)
A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling. - bale (Noun)
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs 32-41 kg. - bale (Noun)
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams. - bale (Verb)
To wrap into a bale. - bale (Verb)
To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bale (n.)
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 (v. t.)
To make up in a bale. - bale (v. t.)
See Bail, v. t., to lade. - bale (n.)
Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. - bale (n.)
Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bale
A large bundle of goods or material, cloth, hay etc. tied together for storage or transport.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bale
bāl, n. a bundle, or package of goods: (obs.) the set of dice for any special game.—v.t. to make into bales. [M. E. bale, perh. from O. Fr. bale—Old High Ger. balla, palla, ball. See Ball.] -
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bāl, v.t. to throw out water [See Bail.] -
bale
bāl, n. evil, injury, mischief: misery: woe.—adj. Bale′ful, full of misery, destructive: full of sorrow, sad.—adv. Bale′fully.—n. Bale′fulness.—Bliss and bale are often alliteratively opposed; also Boot and bale. [A.S. bealu; Old High Ger. balo; Ice. böl.] -
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bāl, n. (arch.—Morris) a fire, funeral pyre: (Scot.) a beacon-fire.—n. Bale′-fire, a blazing fire: a beacon-fire: a bonfire. Spenser confounds with Bale, woe. [A.S. bæl; Scand. bál; cog. with Gr. phalos, bright. See Beltane.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A pack. This word appears in the statute Richard II. c. 3, and is still in common use. -
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To lade water out of a ship or vessel with buckets (which were of old called bayles), cans, or the like, when the pumps are ineffective or choked.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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One of the largest towns in Switzerland; captured and burned by the Hungarians in 917. In 1444 there was a bloody battle fought about a quarter of a mile beyond its gates, called the battle of St. Jacob, between the Swiss, 1600 strong, and a French army that was twenty times their number, commanded by the dauphin, afterwards Louis XII. For ten hours the brave Swiss band kept this large army in check; but nearly all the Swiss fell, not more than 10, according to some accounts, escaping alive. This exploit first spread the fame of Swiss valor, and led to the enrollment of the Swiss body-guard of France. The treaties of peace between France and Spain, and France and Prussia, were signed here, July 22, 1795.
