Bale

Noun

 * 1) Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
 * 2) Suffering, woe, torment.

Derived terms

 * baleful

Noun

 * 1)  A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
 * 2)  A funeral pyre.
 * 3)  A beacon-fire.

Derived terms

 * balefire
 * baleful

Noun

 * 1) A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
 * 2) A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
 * 3) A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes.  Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
 * 4) A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

Verb

 * 1)  To wrap into a bale.
 * 2)  To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

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