'Bale' definitions:
Definition of 'bale'
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Definition of 'Bale'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Bale'
From: GCIDE
- Bale \Bale\ (b[=a]l), n. [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. balu, OHG. balo, Icel. b["o]l, Goth. balweins.]
- 1. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. [1913 Webster]
- Let now your bliss be turned into bale. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bale'
From: GCIDE
- Bale \Bale\ (b[=a]l), n. [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr. OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball, round pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. Ball a round body.] A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw, hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation. [1913 Webster]
- Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aching heart,
- agony,
- agony of mind,
- anguish,
- bind up,
- bindle,
- bitterness,
- bleeding heart,
- bolt,
- bouquet,
- broken heart,
- budget,
- bundle,
- bundle up,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- crushing,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- deck,
- depression,
- depth of misery,
- desolation,
- despair,
- do up,
- drag,
- encumbrance,
- extremity,
- fagot,
- fardel,
- fasces,
- fascine,
- freight,
- grief,
- handicap,
- heartache,
- heavy heart,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- infelicity,
- lading,
- load,
- loading,
- melancholia,
- melancholy,
- millstone,
- misery,
- nosegay,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- pack,
- package,
- packet,
- parcel,
- posy,
- pressure,
- prostration,
- quiver,
- roll,
- roll up,
- rouleau,
- saddling,
- sadness,
- sheaf,
- suicidal despair,
- superincumbency,
- surcharge,
- taxing,
- tie up,
- truss,
- truss up,
- woe,
- wrap,
- wrap up,
- wretchedness