bail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bail out sth
Participle: bailed out sth
Gerund: bailing out sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibail out sth
youbail out sth
he;she;itbails out sth
webail out sth
youbail out sth
theybail out sth

Perfect

Ihave bailed out sth
youhave bailed out sth
he;she;ithas bailed out sth
wehave bailed out sth
youhave bailed out sth
theyhave bailed out sth

Past

Ibailed out sth
youbailed out sth
he;she;itbailed out sth
webailed out sth
youbailed out sth
theybailed out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bailed out sth
youhad bailed out sth
he;she;ithad bailed out sth
wehad bailed out sth
youhad bailed out sth
theyhad bailed out sth

Future

Iwill bail out sth
youwill bail out sth
he;she;itwill bail out sth
wewill bail out sth
youwill bail out sth
theywill bail out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have bailed out sth
youwill have bailed out sth
he;she;itwill have bailed out sth
wewill have bailed out sth
youwill have bailed out sth
theywill have bailed out sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ibail out sth
youbail out sth
he;she;itbail out sth
webail out sth
youbail out sth
theybail out sth

Perfect

Ihave bailed out sth
youhave bailed out sth
he;she;ithave bailed out sth
wehave bailed out sth
youhave bailed out sth
theyhave bailed out sth

Imperfect

Ibailed out sth
youbailed out sth
he;she;itbailed out sth
webailed out sth
youbailed out sth
theybailed out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad bailed out sth
youhad bailed out sth
he;she;ithad bailed out sth
wehad bailed out sth
youhad bailed out sth
theyhad bailed out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould bail out sth
youwould bail out sth
he;she;itwould bail out sth
wewould bail out sth
youwould bail out sth
theywould bail out sth

Perfect

Iwould have bailed out sth
youwould have bailed out sth
he;she;itwould have bailed out sth
wewould have bailed out sth
youwould have bailed out sth
theywould have bailed out sth

Imperative

youbail out sth
weLet's bail out sth
youbail out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bailing out sth
youare bailing out sth
he;she;itis bailing out sth
weare bailing out sth
youare bailing out sth
theyare bailing out sth

Perfect

Ihave been bailing out sth
youhave been bailing out sth
he;she;ithas been bailing out sth
wehave been bailing out sth
youhave been bailing out sth
theyhave been bailing out sth

Past

Iwas bailing out sth
youwere bailing out sth
he;she;itwas bailing out sth
wewere bailing out sth
youwere bailing out sth
theywere bailing out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been bailing out sth
youhad been bailing out sth
he;she;ithad been bailing out sth
wehad been bailing out sth
youhad been bailing out sth
theyhad been bailing out sth

Future

Iwill be bailing out sth
youwill be bailing out sth
he;she;itwill be bailing out sth
wewill be bailing out sth
youwill be bailing out sth
theywill be bailing out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bailing out sth
youwill have been bailing out sth
he;she;itwill have been bailing out sth
wewill have been bailing out sth
youwill have been bailing out sth
theywill have been bailing out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bailing out sth
youwould be bailing out sth
he;she;itwould be bailing out sth
wewould be bailing out sth
youwould be bailing out sth
theywould be bailing out sth

Perfect

Iwould have been bailing out sth
youwould have been bailing out sth
he;she;itwould have been bailing out sth
wewould have been bailing out sth
youwould have been bailing out sth
theywould have been bailing out sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bail'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bail'

ail, bait, ball, basil, bawl, boil, brail, fail, hail, jail,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "bond money," 1485, developed from "temporary release from jail" (1466), and that from earlier meaning "captivity, custody" (1259). From O.Fr. baillier "control, guard, deliver," from L. bajulare "to bear a burden," from bajulus "porter," of unknown origin.
2. From Middle English baille, from the Old French verb bailler (“to deliver or hand over”) and noun bail (“lease”), from Latin bāiulāre (“carry or bear”), from baiulus (“porter; steward”) (English: bailiff). See: Latin 'bāiulō'.

Verbs referencing "bail"

Icelandic beila.

Sample Sentences

  • For the first time, the arrests broadened beyond payments to police, with a Ministry of Defence employee and a member of the Armed forces held by police before also being bailed to a date in May. [2012 February 11, David Barrett, “Rupert Murdoch moves to reassure Sun staff after arrests”, in The Telegraph, UK:]
  • to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
  • to bail water out of a boat
  • we had hard work to reach our haven, having to bail out the water with my straw hat. [November 4, 1857, Henry William Harper, letter to St. John]
  • ‘Bail out! bail out!’ yelled Job, ‘or we shall founder.’ I seized a large tin bowl with a handle to it, which was fixed under one of the seats, and the three of us bailed away for dear life. [1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:]
  • to bail a boat
  • By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out. [1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, Chapter XVIII:]
  • Ne none there was to reskue her, ne none to baile. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:]