bail

Meaning of bail

noun
  1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
  2. Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  3. The person providing such payment.
  4. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  5. A person who bails water out of a boat.
  6. Custody; keeping.
verb
  1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
  2. To release a person under such guarantee.
  3. To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
    to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
  4. To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
    to bail water out of a boat
  5. To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
    to bail a boat
  6. To set free; to deliver; to release.
verb
  1. To exit quickly.
    With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.
  2. To fail to meet a commitment.
noun
  1. A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
  2. A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
  3. A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  4. A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  5. A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  6. One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  7. (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

verb

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

verb
  1. To confine.
  2. To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  3. To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

Information about bail

  • The plural form of bail is: bails.
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Hyphenation of bail

bail

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • bail is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bail synonyms

Meaning bail bond:

bond

Anagrams of bail

Albi, Bali, bali, Bial, Liba

Words that rhyme with bail

Bail, embail

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