bale

/beil/

Thân thiện

A farmer loads a bale of hay onto a wagon.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A large, tightly bound bundle of material, typically prepared for storage or transport: A "bale" is a compact package of goods like hay, cotton, or paper, often secured with wire, cord, or straps.
   • (Archaic, poetic) Great evil, woe, or misery: An old-fashioned literary term for suffering, sorrow, or calamity.

2. Verb:

   • To make material into a tightly bound bundle: The action of compressing and tying material, such as hay or cotton, into a bale for handling.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Bundle):
  • The farmer loaded a bale of hay onto the truck.
  • They shipped fifty bales of cotton to the factory.
• Noun (Archaic: Misery):
  • "He poured out his tale of bale and sorrow." (Literary usage)
• Verb:
  • The machine is used to bale straw efficiently.
  • After drying, the grass is baled for the winter.

Advanced Usage

• "Bale out": This is a variant spelling of the phrasal verb "bail out," meaning to abandon a difficult situation or to empty water from a boat. Note: In modern usage, "bail out" is the standard spelling for these meanings.
  • The pilot had to bale out of the failing aircraft. (Less common variant of "bail out")

Variants and Related Words

• Baler (noun): A machine used to compress and tie material into bales.
  • The new baler made the harvest much faster.
• Baling (gerund/participle): The process of making bales.
  • Baling hay is hard work.

Synonyms

• Noun (Bundle): Bundle, pack, package, truss.
• Noun (Archaic: Misery): Woe, sorrow, anguish, grief, calamity.
• Verb: Bundle, pack, tie, bind.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Bale out: (See 'Advanced Usage' above). To jump from an aircraft using a parachute; to abandon a situation. (Note: This is a less common variant of "bail out").

Related Idioms

• (Archaic) "Bale of fire": A poetic or archaic expression for a great torment or source of suffering. This is not a common modern idiom.
  • He was a bale of fire to his enemies. (Historical/literary context)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a city in northwestern Switzerland
2. a large bundle bound for storage or transport

Verb

1. make into a bale
   • bale hay

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Basel
• Basle
• Bale