Bail

English Meaning

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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 provided by the payment of such money.
3. A person who provides this security.
4. To secure the release of by providing security.
5. To release (a person) for whom security has been paid.
6. Informal To extricate from a difficult situation: always bailing you out of trouble.
7. To transfer (property) to another for a special purpose but without permanent transference of ownership.
8. jump To fail to appear in court and so forfeit one's bail.
9. To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.
10. To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.
11. To empty a boat of water by bailing.
12. A container used for emptying water from a boat.
13. bail out To parachute from an aircraft; eject.
14. bail out To abandon a project or enterprise.
15. The arched hooplike handle of a container, such as a pail.
16. An arch or hoop, such as one of those used to support the top of a covered wagon.
17. A hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen.
18. The pivoting U-shaped part of a fishing reel that guides the line onto the spool during rewinding.
19. Chiefly British A pole or bar used to confine or separate animals.
20. Sports One of the two crossbars that form the top of a wicket used in the game of cricket.