Associations to the word «Bale»

Wiktionary

BALE, noun. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
BALE, noun. Suffering, woe, torment.
BALE, noun. (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
BALE, noun. (archaic) A funeral pyre.
BALE, noun. (archaic) 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. (transitive) To wrap into a bale.
BALE, verb. (British) (nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
BALE OF DICE, noun. (obsolete) A pair of dice.
BALE OUT, verb. (intransitive) Alternative spelling of bail out
BALE OUT, verb. (transitive) Misspelling of bail out.
BALE UP, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) to pack or collect into a bale or bundle.

Dictionary definition

BALE, noun. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
BALE, noun. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
BALE, verb. Make into a bale; "bale hay".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley