to bale
3
6.7
- verb
- /beɪl/
:
enfardar
- Fourteen employees utilize two sorting conveyors to process the materials, which are baled and then shipped to domestic and international markets.
- baled material
I, my father's side of the family was in cattle and hay, like baling hay to sell for, for cattle.
- I, my father's side of the family was in cattle and hay, like baling hay to sell for, for cattle.
Examples
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The farmer will bale the freshly cut hay and store it in the barn.
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Just finished baling the hay.
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Then you got to go down by the road and fix the fence, feed the chickens and bale some hay.
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Monday evening, most of the church men got together at Elmer's to bale hay.
Academic text (2016) -
My granddaddy's barn used to smell like that, even after the cured leaf had been baled and sold.
Fiction book (1998) -
Commingled recyclables from curbside programs are separated, sorted, and baled for shipment.
Academic text (1995) -
Corrugated cardboard is baled on-site using a Philadelphia Tramrail baler.
Academic text (1995) -
After cutting the grass, they began to bale it into tight bundles for the winter.
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She learned how to bale hay efficiently before the rain started.
Synonyms
2
3.0
To press things so they fit more tightly together
To press and tie plant material like straw or hay into large tight bundles for storage
Phrasal Verbs
To press and tie plant material like straw or hay into large tight bundles for storage
Compounds
How Compressed
Surface Forms
Etymology
To bale is simply to 'make into a bale' by pressing and tying material into a tight bundle, like when farmers or machines press hay or cotton. That's why to bale something means to compress and bind it for storage or shipment.