Bade vs Bale - What's the difference?
bade | bale |
(bid)
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=22 Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
Suffering, woe, torment.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
(archaic) A funeral pyre.
(archaic) A beacon-fire.
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
To wrap into a bale.
(British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
As verbs the difference between bade and bale
is that bade is simple past of bid while bale is to wrap into a bale.As a noun bale is
evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.bade
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Verb
(head)citation, passage=Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.}}
Usage notes
The inflected form bade', like the form bidden, is archaic. It remains in marginal use, particularly regarding greetings as in “'''bade farewell”, but uninflected bid is significantly more common.“Bid, bade, bidden”, ''Grammarist
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Anagrams
* * * English irregular simple past forms ----bale
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(-)- That other swayne, like ashes deadly pale, / Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale .