bail

• abandon
• abscond
• adjourn
• assurance
• bail out
• bar
• beat it
• begone
• bond
• book
• bow
• broomstick
• bucket
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off
• canteen
• cauldron
• clear off
• clear out
• collateral
• commitment
• compact
• contract
• covenant
• crop
• cut out
• decamp
• depart
• deposit
• desert
• dig out
• down payment
• earnest
• emigrate
• escape
• evacuate
• exit
• flagon
• flee
• fly
• forsake
• gage
• get
• get off
• get out
• go
• go off
• go out
• grip
• guarantee
• guaranty
• haft
• handgrip
• handle
• handlebar
• handsel
• helve
• hilt
• hit the road
• hod
• holder
• jar
• jug
• kettle
• light out
• loop
• mizzle
• move
• oath
• pail
• part
• pawn
• peel off
• pitcher
• pledge
• pot
• pull out
• pull stakes
• pull up stakes
• push off
• push on
• quit
• receptacle
• recognizance
• remove
• retire
• retreat
• run along
• run away
• scarper
• scat
• scram
• security
• set out
• shaft
• skip
• start
• step out
• strike out
• surety
• take a hike
• take a powder
• take a walk
• take off
• tank
• troth
• tub
• vacate
• vamoose
• vat
• vessel
• walk out
• warrant
• warranty
• whipstock
• withdraw
• word

• abide
• approach
• arrive
• break
• close
• come
• dwell
• hit
• land
• lodge
• near
• reach
• remain
• settle
• show up
• stay
• tarry
• turn up

• 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.
  7. A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
  8. A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
  9. A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  10. A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  11. A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  12. One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  13. (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
• 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.
  4. To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
  5. To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
  6. To set free; to deliver; to release.
  7. To exit quickly.
  8. To fail to meet a commitment.
  9. To secure the head of a cow during milking.
  10. To confine.
  11. To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  12. To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.).

• The judge set a high bail for the accused, reflecting the severity of the charges.
• After posting bail, he was released from custody pending trial.
• The company's financial troubles forced them to seek a bail out from investors.
• She decided to bail on the party when she realized she wasn't having any fun.
• The fishermen had to bail water out of their boat after it sprung a leak.

gage

haft

lade

oath

safeness

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