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Definitions for Bales

[1] a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering: a bale of cotton; a bale of hay.
[2] a group of turtles.
[3] to make or form into bales: to bale wastepaper for disposal.
[4] evil; harm; misfortune.
[5] woe; misery; sorrow.
[6] bail2.
[7] bail3(defs 1–3) .
[8] French name of Basel.
[9] the semicircular handle of a kettle or pail.
[10] a hooplike support, as for the canvas cover on a Conestoga wagon.
[11] a metal band or bar equipped with rollers for holding a sheet or sheets of paper against the platen of a printing press, typewriter, etc.
[12] to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
[13] to clear of water by dipping (usually followed by out ): to bail out a boat.
[14] to bail water.
[15] Also bail·er. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
[16] bail out , to make a parachute jump from an airplane. to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation, especially a financial crisis: The corporation bailed out its failing subsidiary through a series of refinancing operations. to give up on or abandon something, as to evade a responsibility: His partner bailed out before the business failed.
[17] a large bundle, esp of a raw or partially processed material, bound by ropes, wires, etc, for storage or transportation bale of hay
[18] a large package or carton of goods
[19] US 500 pounds of cotton
[20] a group of turtles
[21] Australian and NZ See wool bale
[22] to make (hay, etc) into a bale or bales
[23] to put (goods) into packages or cartons
[24] Australian and NZ to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales
[25] evil; injury
[26] woe; suffering; pain
[27] a variant spelling of bail 2
[28] a variant spelling of bail 4
[29] the French name for Basle
[30] a sum of money by which a person is bound to take responsibility for the appearance in court of another person or himself or herself, forfeited if the person fails to appear
[31] the person or persons so binding themselves; surety
[32] the system permitting release of a person from custody where such security has been taken he was released on bail
[33] jump bail or formal forfeit bail to fail to appear in court to answer to a charge
[34] stand bail or go bail to act as surety (for someone)
[35] (often foll by out) to release or obtain the release of (a person) from custody, security having been made
[36] (often foll by out) to remove (water) from (a boat)
[37] cricket either of two small wooden bars placed across the tops of the stumps to form the wicket
[38] agriculture a partition between stalls in a stable or barn, for horses a portable dairy house built on wheels or skids
[39] Australian and NZ a framework in a cowshed used to secure the head of a cow during milking
[40] See bail up
[41] the semicircular handle of a kettle, bucket, etc
[42] a semicircular support for a canopy
[43] a movable bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen

Words related to Bales

balebundle, parcel, package

Words nearby Bales

balebaldwin, baldwin i, baldwin park, baldwin, james, baldy, bale, bale cubic, balearic islands, baleboste, baleen, baleen whale

Origin of Bales

il31425–75; late Middle English bayle < Middle French baille a bucket < Vulgar Latin *bāi(u)la; akin to Latin bāiulus carrier. See bail1

Other words from Bales

bale·less , adjective
bal·er , noun

Word origin for Bales

ilC15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse beygja to bend

Synonyms for Bales

bundle, package, parcel