Bale
/beɪl/noun
A tightly bound bundle of material, often hay, straw, or paper.
He lugged a heavy bale of hay into the barn.
Often appears as...
- bale of hay
- bale of straw
verb
To package or wrap into a bale.
After cutting the wheat, it was baled and stored for winter.
Often appears as...
- bale hay
- bale straw
noun
A great evil or sorrow.
The news of his passing brought bale to all who knew him.
Often appears as...
- bring bale
- deliver bale
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To remove water from a boat with a container.
We had to bale water out of the boat to prevent it from sinking.
Often appears as...
- bale out
- bale water
noun
A tightly bound bundle of material, often hay, straw, or paper.
He lugged a heavy bale of hay into the barn.
Often appears as...
- bale of hay
- bale of straw
verb
To package or wrap into a bale.
After cutting the wheat, it was baled and stored for winter.
Often appears as...
- bale hay
- bale straw
noun
A great evil or sorrow.
The news of his passing brought bale to all who knew him.
Often appears as...
- bring bale
- deliver bale
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To remove water from a boat with a container.
We had to bale water out of the boat to prevent it from sinking.
Often appears as...
- bale out
- bale water
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Quantity
Refers to a large, often heavy, quantity of material together.
The workers moved each bale of cotton with a forklift.
Pro Tip 2/3Agricultural Term
Commonly used in farming and agriculture-related discussions.
The farmer sold fifty bales of hay at the market.
Pro Tip 3/3Shipping and Storage
Used to describe items prepared for shipping or storage.
The warehouse stored bales of paper before distribution.
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My $500 house in Detroit...
showing me Detroit wasn't just black and white, and diversity could flourish when it's encouraged. Each year, neighbors assemble to bale hay for the farm animals on the block, teaching me just how much a small group of people can get done when they work together, and the magnetism of fantastical yet practical ideas.
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How urban spaces can...
and to actually refurbish the place. And we were able to have a community meeting. And within the community meeting, people got up and said, "This place feels like a plantation. Why are we locked in? Why can't we learn theater?" Over the years, people had started putting in chicken coops, hay bales,
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How inventions change...
a small machine that employed a set of cones that could separate seeds from lint mechanically, as a crank was turned. With it, a single worker could eventually clean from 300 to one thousand pounds of cotton a day. In 1790, about 3,000 bales of cotton were produced in America each year.
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To overcome challenges,...
I had just stepped outside to do our evening chores to feed our horses. I hopped into our tractor, and a few minutes later, a five foot tall, 700-pound bale of hay fell from the loader, crushing me in the seat of the tractor and in the process shattering my T5 and T6 vertebrae.
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The life cycle of a...
Some t-shirts are made of organic cotton grown without pesticides and insecticides, but organic cotton makes up less than 1% of the 22.7 million metric tons of cotton produced worldwide. Once the cotton bales leave the farm, textile mills ship them to a spinning facility,
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New Season PIPE Brain Games
reality is your brains best guess it's a matrix it's a rendering it's a matchup composed of prior experiences expectations prejudice and stereotypes further clouding your already limited perception brain games helps you lift that bale revealing a new way to
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Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
trump painted on the sides of bales of in farm fields it definitely is i've lived in this area for quite some time i've never seen a city like this out on the streets over the last few days it was difficult to find many trump supporters but i ran into one
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Behind the Scenes on the...
what you call reality is your brains best guess brain games helps you lift that bale by spotlighting these misperceptions mind-bending experiments it shows you that what you see is not
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Sophie Hunger plays...
showing the spots I take a bow to the women and bales when I drink up some tea when I move I am tough when I think of a boy in the world I know he won't be enough
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The surprising solution...
we sort it, we remove labels, we remove caps. We either shred it or we pack it into bales and get it ready for export.
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My $500 house in Detroit...
showing me Detroit wasn't just black and white, and diversity could flourish when it's encouraged. Each year, neighbors assemble to bale hay for the farm animals on the block, teaching me just how much a small group of people can get done when they work together, and the magnetism of fantastical yet practical ideas.
Video examples
How urban spaces can...
and to actually refurbish the place. And we were able to have a community meeting. And within the community meeting, people got up and said, "This place feels like a plantation. Why are we locked in? Why can't we learn theater?" Over the years, people had started putting in chicken coops, hay bales,
Video examples
How inventions change...
a small machine that employed a set of cones that could separate seeds from lint mechanically, as a crank was turned. With it, a single worker could eventually clean from 300 to one thousand pounds of cotton a day. In 1790, about 3,000 bales of cotton were produced in America each year.
Video examples
To overcome challenges,...
I had just stepped outside to do our evening chores to feed our horses. I hopped into our tractor, and a few minutes later, a five foot tall, 700-pound bale of hay fell from the loader, crushing me in the seat of the tractor and in the process shattering my T5 and T6 vertebrae.
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Some t-shirts are made of organic cotton grown without pesticides and insecticides, but organic cotton makes up less than 1% of the 22.7 million metric tons of cotton produced worldwide. Once the cotton bales leave the farm, textile mills ship them to a spinning facility,
Video examples
New Season PIPE Brain Games
reality is your brains best guess it's a matrix it's a rendering it's a matchup composed of prior experiences expectations prejudice and stereotypes further clouding your already limited perception brain games helps you lift that bale revealing a new way to
Video examples
Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
trump painted on the sides of bales of in farm fields it definitely is i've lived in this area for quite some time i've never seen a city like this out on the streets over the last few days it was difficult to find many trump supporters but i ran into one
Video examples
Behind the Scenes on the...
what you call reality is your brains best guess brain games helps you lift that bale by spotlighting these misperceptions mind-bending experiments it shows you that what you see is not
Video examples
Sophie Hunger plays...
showing the spots I take a bow to the women and bales when I drink up some tea when I move I am tough when I think of a boy in the world I know he won't be enough
Video examples
The surprising solution...
we sort it, we remove labels, we remove caps. We either shred it or we pack it into bales and get it ready for export.
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Grace Potter
American Musician
I'm from Vermont, where to be stylish and cool is to have a dirty pair of hiking boots and know how to change a tire, hang drywall, and bale hay. Those people are my home, and every time I come home, it reminds me that there's something to be said for being in the spotlight, but it can never be a whole part of me.
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Alison Krauss
American Musician
You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.
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Ansel Elgort
American Actor
I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
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Christian Eriksen
Danish Athlete
Bale is an exceptional player; he's shown that for years. He's Wales' talisman, and he's been that for years and will be for years. He's technically very gifted, very direct, has a wonderful kick and a lot of pace and a good finisher.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
Naturally, as a little boy, I did lots of naughty things. With Les, the son of the farm manager, I was always climbing on high roofs, then tumbling off, or building dangerous networks of tunnels in the hay bales.
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Mason Ramsey
American Musician
I'm a country boy, and out in the old country, all we do is bale straws of hay, and next thing you know you're sitting under a tree takin' a nap with your hat down and a weed in your mouth.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
I was born and raised on a farm, where boys had chores and girls did not, i.e., drive tractors, bale hay, take care of cattle.
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Greg Rutherford
British Athlete
I think there are lot more lows in an athletes career than the highs, but you've got to be bale to take them on the chin.
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Franz von Holzhausen
American Designer
We seem to want one vehicle to carry people and soccer balls and hay bales.
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Roberto Carlos
Brazilian Footballer
Bale is one of the best in the world.
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Grace Potter
American Musician
I'm from Vermont, where to be stylish and cool is to have a dirty pair of hiking boots and know how to change a tire, hang drywall, and bale hay. Those people are my home, and every time I come home, it reminds me that there's something to be said for being in the spotlight, but it can never be a whole part of me.
Quote examples
Alison Krauss
American Musician
You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.
Quote examples
Ansel Elgort
American Actor
I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
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Christian Eriksen
Danish Athlete
Bale is an exceptional player; he's shown that for years. He's Wales' talisman, and he's been that for years and will be for years. He's technically very gifted, very direct, has a wonderful kick and a lot of pace and a good finisher.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
Naturally, as a little boy, I did lots of naughty things. With Les, the son of the farm manager, I was always climbing on high roofs, then tumbling off, or building dangerous networks of tunnels in the hay bales.
Quote examples
Mason Ramsey
American Musician
I'm a country boy, and out in the old country, all we do is bale straws of hay, and next thing you know you're sitting under a tree takin' a nap with your hat down and a weed in your mouth.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
I was born and raised on a farm, where boys had chores and girls did not, i.e., drive tractors, bale hay, take care of cattle.
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Greg Rutherford
British Athlete
I think there are lot more lows in an athletes career than the highs, but you've got to be bale to take them on the chin.
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Franz von Holzhausen
American Designer
We seem to want one vehicle to carry people and soccer balls and hay bales.
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Roberto Carlos
Brazilian Footballer
Bale is one of the best in the world.
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