bail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bail

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbail out sb
weLet's bail out sb
youbail out sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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