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Word: bail (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  • A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  • A hoop, ring or handle ''(especially of a kettle or bucket)''
  • A stall for a cow (or other animal) ''(usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop)''.
  • furniture Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull.
  • mainly Australia & New Zealand A frame to restrain a cow during outdoor milking.
  • cricket One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  • legal Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  • legal Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
  • legal The person providing such payment.

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Verb:

  • slang: To not attend.
  • To secure the head of a cow during milking.
  • To set free.
  • legal To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
  • legal To release a person under such guarantee.
  • legal To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
  • nautical To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
  • slang To exit quickly.

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