bail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bail

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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