To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

To release a person under such guarantee.

To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

"to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier"

To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

"to bail water out of a boat"

To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.

"to bail a boat"

To set free; to deliver; to release.

To exit quickly.

"With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail."

To fail to meet a commitment.

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

To confine.

To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.

To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

The act by which something is bailed.