BALE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bale out mean? 

• BALE OUT (verb)
  The verb BALE OUT has 1 sense:

1. remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side

  Familiarity information: BALE OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bail out; bale out

Hypernyms (to "bale out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

When the huntsman saw that, he went back and fetched three men to come with buckets and bale out the water.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)