bail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bail up sb
Participle: bailed up sb
Gerund: bailing up sb

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ibail up sb
youbail up sb
he;she;itbails up sb
webail up sb
youbail up sb
theybail up sb

Perfect

Ihave bailed up sb
youhave bailed up sb
he;she;ithas bailed up sb
wehave bailed up sb
youhave bailed up sb
theyhave bailed up sb

Past

Ibailed up sb
youbailed up sb
he;she;itbailed up sb
webailed up sb
youbailed up sb
theybailed up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad bailed up sb
youhad bailed up sb
he;she;ithad bailed up sb
wehad bailed up sb
youhad bailed up sb
theyhad bailed up sb

Future

Iwill bail up sb
youwill bail up sb
he;she;itwill bail up sb
wewill bail up sb
youwill bail up sb
theywill bail up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have bailed up sb
youwill have bailed up sb
he;she;itwill have bailed up sb
wewill have bailed up sb
youwill have bailed up sb
theywill have bailed up sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ibail up sb
youbail up sb
he;she;itbail up sb
webail up sb
youbail up sb
theybail up sb

Perfect

Ihave bailed up sb
youhave bailed up sb
he;she;ithave bailed up sb
wehave bailed up sb
youhave bailed up sb
theyhave bailed up sb

Imperfect

Ibailed up sb
youbailed up sb
he;she;itbailed up sb
webailed up sb
youbailed up sb
theybailed up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad bailed up sb
youhad bailed up sb
he;she;ithad bailed up sb
wehad bailed up sb
youhad bailed up sb
theyhad bailed up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould bail up sb
youwould bail up sb
he;she;itwould bail up sb
wewould bail up sb
youwould bail up sb
theywould bail up sb

Perfect

Iwould have bailed up sb
youwould have bailed up sb
he;she;itwould have bailed up sb
wewould have bailed up sb
youwould have bailed up sb
theywould have bailed up sb

Imperative

youbail up sb
weLet's bail up sb
youbail up sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bailing up sb
youare bailing up sb
he;she;itis bailing up sb
weare bailing up sb
youare bailing up sb
theyare bailing up sb

Perfect

Ihave been bailing up sb
youhave been bailing up sb
he;she;ithas been bailing up sb
wehave been bailing up sb
youhave been bailing up sb
theyhave been bailing up sb

Past

Iwas bailing up sb
youwere bailing up sb
he;she;itwas bailing up sb
wewere bailing up sb
youwere bailing up sb
theywere bailing up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been bailing up sb
youhad been bailing up sb
he;she;ithad been bailing up sb
wehad been bailing up sb
youhad been bailing up sb
theyhad been bailing up sb

Future

Iwill be bailing up sb
youwill be bailing up sb
he;she;itwill be bailing up sb
wewill be bailing up sb
youwill be bailing up sb
theywill be bailing up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bailing up sb
youwill have been bailing up sb
he;she;itwill have been bailing up sb
wewill have been bailing up sb
youwill have been bailing up sb
theywill have been bailing up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bailing up sb
youwould be bailing up sb
he;she;itwould be bailing up sb
wewould be bailing up sb
youwould be bailing up sb
theywould be bailing up sb

Perfect

Iwould have been bailing up sb
youwould have been bailing up sb
he;she;itwould have been bailing up sb
wewould have been bailing up sb
youwould have been bailing up sb
theywould have been bailing up sb

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:]