Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Evil.
- noun Mental suffering; anguish.
- noun A large bundle of raw or finished material tightly bound with cord or wire and often wrapped.
- transitive verb To wrap in a bale or in bales.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Evil; woe; calamity; misery; that which causes ruin, destruction, or sorrow.
- noun A large fire built out of doors and burning freely; a bonfire. specifically—
- To make up into a bale or bales.
- noun A large bundle or package of merchandise prepared for transportation, either in a cloth cover, corded or banded, or without cover, but compressed and secured by transverse bands, wires, or withes and longitudinal slats.
- noun A pair or set of dice.
- See
bail , bail, bail, bail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make up in a bale.
- transitive verb See
bail , v. t., to lade. - noun 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.
- noun [Obs.] a pair of dice.
- noun Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
- noun Now chiefly poetic Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Evil , especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. - noun
Suffering ,woe ,torment . - noun obsolete A large
fire , aconflagration orbonfire . - noun archaic A funeral
pyre . - noun archaic A
beacon -fire. - verb UK, nautical To remove
water from aboat with buckets etc. - noun A rounded
bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation. - noun A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
- noun A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
- noun A measurement of paper equal to 10
reams . - verb transitive To
wrap into a bale.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in northwestern Switzerland
- noun a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- verb make into a bale
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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CHRISTIAN BALE IS AWESOME, BALEHEAD 4 LIFE BABYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! okayflint well loosing weigh doesn't really make you an english major either bale is a great actor, poor guy always took chances and picked roles that challenged him, he does a few roles to collect checks, gets a bit angry at work (who doesn't occasionally) and now he's got to suffer the backlash of people who actually believe he isn't a good actor.
Behind the Scenes Clips from David O. Russell’s The Fighter | /Film 2010
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In the apothecary's bill he offered me in payment of my salary, and which he wrote out himself, he stated the weight of this box, which he called a bale, at eleven hundred pounds, and charged me with the carriage of it at an enormous rate.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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In the apothecary's bill he offered me in payment of my salary, and which he wrote out himself, he stated the weight of this box, which he called a bale, at eleven hundred pounds, and charged me with the carriage of it at an enormous rate.
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In the apothecary's bill he offered me in payment of my salary, and which he wrote out himself, he stated the weight of this box, which he called a bale, at eleven hundred pounds, and charged me with the carriage of it at an enormous rate.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 07 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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In the apothecary's bill he offered me in payment of my salary, and which he wrote out himself, he stated the weight of this box, which he called a bale, at eleven hundred pounds, and charged me with the carriage of it at an enormous rate.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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Changing her position casually, she threw an elbow well over on the skin bale, rested her body upon it, and arranged her parka.
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Anyways Christian bale is awesome and i would hope (based on previous trends) the christian bale would not ever jump on board for a movie that is going to suck … like Dragonball Evolution.
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Matt had found a mangled antler base in a bale from the same field …. harvested during the first crop, taken several weeks earlier!
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I so excited for this, bale is gold, and the story is a great one to finally tell.
McG Speaks! Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins Official Blog and Concept Art « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I really cant wait for another one as christian bale is sweet ass.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - “Batman” Sequel Moving Forward 2005
rolig commented on the word bale
Along with the common meaning indicated by Wordnet ("a bale of hay"), this word has an interesting etymological distinct archaic meaning, "destructive evil", which gives us the word baleful, "menacing; having a harmful effect".
January 16, 2009