bail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bail

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbail out
weLet's bail out
youbail out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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:]