bailed

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.

1. To exit quickly.

   With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.

2. To fail to meet a commitment.

verb

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

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.)