bailed
SayBAYLD/beɪld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of bail.
He bailed his friend out of jail right after the arrest.
The crew bailed frantically as seawater poured into the hull.
Note
A regular past form: one spelling serves both the simple past and the participle (they bailed, they have bailed). The same form covers jobs as far apart as the courtroom and the boat. With water it can stand alone (the crew bailed all night) or take either object, the water or the boat itself: they bailed the seawater, they bailed the dinghy. The release meaning also turns passive easily: he was bailed.
bailed is a form of bail
bail, verb: To obtain an arrested person's release by paying the security a court requires. Full entry
- Spelling
- bail → bailed: add -ed
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