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Definition bail

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin b?iul?re, present active infinitive of b?iul? (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff).

Noun

bail (plural bails)

  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. (law, Britain) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  3. (law, Britain) 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. (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

  1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
  2. (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
  3. (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
  4. (nautical, transitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
  5. (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
  6. To set free; to deliver; to release.

Etymology 2

From a shortening of bail out, which from above.

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

  1. (slang) To exit quickly.
  2. (informal) To fail to meet a commitment.

Etymology 3

From Middle English beyl, from Old Norse beygla (“a bend, ring or hoop”).

Noun

bail (plural bails)

  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. (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) 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. (cricket) 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

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

  1. To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Etymology 4

From French baillier.

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

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

Results 267 Words with the letters BAIL

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7 letter words with the letters BAIL 
6 letter words with the letters BAIL 
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ABLINS 11
ABSEIL 10
ABULIA 11
ABULIC 14
ALBEIT 10
ALBINO 11
ALBITE 10
ALIBIS 10
ALIBLE 11
BAALIM 13
BAILED 11
BAILEE 10
BAILER 10
BAILEY 12
BAILIE 10
BAILOR 10
BALING 13
BASILS 10
BEWAIL 13
BIALIS 10
BIALYS 12
BIAXAL 17
BILBOA 13
BLAINS 11
BRAILS 10
BRASIL 10
BRAZIL 19
BRIDAL 11
BURIAL 11
FIBULA 14
GIMBAL 15
HABILE 12
IMBALM 16
KIBLAH 16
KIBLAS 14
LABIAL 11
LABILE 11
LABIUM 14
LAMBIE 13
LIABLE 11
LIBLAB 14
LIBRAE 10
LIBRAS 10
LIMBAS 13
OBELIA 10
PIBALS 13
RIBALD 11
TABULI 11
TIBIAL 10
TIMBAL 13
TRIBAL 10
VIABLE 14
VIABLY 16
5 letter words with the letters BAIL 
BIALY 11
BINAL 10
BLAIN 10
KIBLA 13
LIMBA 12
PIBAL 12
4 letter words with the letters BAIL 
BAIL 8
3 letter words with the letters BAIL 
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ALB 7
BAL 7
LAB 7
LIB 7
2 letter words with the letters BAIL 
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AI 2
AL 3
BA 5
BI 5
LA 3
LI 3

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