bale
verb/beɪl/
/beɪl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bale | /beɪl/ /beɪl/ |
| he / she / it bales | /beɪlz/ /beɪlz/ |
| past simple baled | /beɪld/ /beɪld/ |
| past participle baled | /beɪld/ /beɪld/ |
| -ing form baling | /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/ /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/ |
- bale something to make something into bales
- The waste paper is baled, then sent for recycling.
- bale somebody (to do something) (British English) (also bail British and North American English)to release somebody on bail
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball ‘spherical object’.
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