Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To wrap into a bale.

    paketieren

    make into a bale

  2. (UK)To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. All the bales are almost loaded.

    deFast alle Ballen sind aufgeladen. — Yorwba

  2. Tom spent all day baling the hay.

  3. Bring that bale of hay over here.

    deBring den Heuballen her! — Yorwba

  4. There are over 30 bales of hay in the barn.

  5. How many bales of hay can your truck carry?

Translations

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By meaning 1
to wrap into a bale:

Origin

From Middle English bale (“bale”), from Old French bale and Medieval Latin bala, of German

From Middle English bale (“bale”), from Old French bale and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of ball.

Alternative spelling of bail.

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Forms

bales, baling, baled, baled
Base formbale · to bale
3rd person singularbales
Present participlebaling
Past simplebaled
Past participlebaled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybale
he, she, itbales

Past simpleLesson

all personsbaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave baled
he, she, ithas baled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bale

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbale up

See also

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