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64 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • bail n. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of…
  • bail n. (Law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  • bail n. (Law, UK) The person providing such payment.
  • bail n. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  • bail n. A person who bails water out of a boat.
  • bail n. (Obsolete) Custody; keeping.
  • bail v. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
  • bail v. (Law) To release a person under such guarantee.
  • bail v. (Law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
  • bail v. (Nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
  • bail v. (Nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
  • bail v. To set free; to deliver; to release.
  • bail v. (Slang) To exit quickly.
  • bail v. (Informal, transitive with on) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
  • bail n. A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
  • bail n. A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
  • bail n. A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  • bail n. (Chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  • bail n. A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  • bail n. (Cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  • bail n. (Furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
  • bail v. To secure the head of a cow during milking.
  • bail v. (Rare) To confine.
  • bail v. (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  • bail v. (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner…
  • Bail prop.n. A surname.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Bouyei
    • bail v. To go.
    • bail v. To walk.
    • bail v. To go away; to leave.
    • bail v. To spend; to use up.
    • bail prep. To; toward.
  • Cimbrian
    • bail conj. (7) while.
  • Irish
    • bail n. Prosperity.
    • bail n. Proper condition, order.
    • bail n. State.
    • bail n. Treatment.
    • bail n. Validity.
  • Latvian
    • bail adv. Afraid, scared (in the mental state typical of fear).
  • Palauan
  • Scottish gaelic
    • bail n. Thrift, frugality.
    • bail n. Sling, ballista.
  • Venetian
— English word, defined in German —
  • bail S. Recht: Geldsumme, die jemand, der eines Verbrechens beschuldigt ist, bei Gericht hinterlegt, damit er…
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • bail n. Borgtocht.
— English words, defined in French —
  • bail n. Caution.
  • bail n. (Cricket) Nom des deux petits témoins horizontaux qui forment le guichet.
  • bail v. Libérer sous caution.
  • bail v. (Argot) Se barrer, filer.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • bail s. Fianza.
  • bail v. Pagar la fianza.
  • bail v. Achicar.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • bail s. (Diritto) cauzione (per il rilascio temporaneo di un arrestato).
  • bail s. Manico ricurvo (di un secchio o simili).
  • bail s. (Per estensione) il secchio stesso.
  • bail s. (Allevamento) mungitoio.
  • bail s. (Cricket) traversa, assicella di legno posta sopra la porta (wicket) da cricket.
— In French —
  • bail n.m. (Droit de propriété) Contrat par lequel on donne à quelqu’un…
  • bail n.m. (En particulier) Contrat portant sur la location des propriétés…
  • bail n.m. (Familier) Longue durée.
  • bail n.m. (Argot) (Familier) Objet qu’on désigne sans le nommer, machin, truc.
  • bail n.m. (Argot) Transaction ou affaire concernant de la drogue.
  • bail n.m. Relation amoureuse avec une fille ou un garçon.
  • bail n.m. Les nouvelles, les affaires. Uniquement dans l’expression…
  • Bail n.fam. Nom de famille.
167 English words from 42 English definitions

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33 English words from 22 foreign definitions

affaire affaires Argot barrer caution cricket dans der des die drogue Droit expression filer forment garçon guichet ist les location Longue␣durée Nom Objet Pagar par per petits porta Relation sans sous Transaction wicket

64 foreign words from 22 foreign definitions

Achicar Allevamento amoureuse arrestato avec bei beschuldigt Borgtocht cauzione concernant Contrat damit de␣la désigne deux Diritto donne Droit␣de␣propriété durée eines En␣particulier estensione Familier famille fianza fille Geldsumme Gericht hinterlegt horizontaux jemand legno lequel Libérer Longue machin Manico Nom␣de␣famille nommer nouvelles particulier Per␣estensione portant posta propriété propriétés qui Recht ricurvo rilascio Se␣barrer secchio simili sopra sous␣caution stesso sur témoins temporaneo traversa truc une Uniquement Verbrechens

103 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

baila baile baili bailo bails Bails Baily bailed bailee Bailee bailer Bailer Bailes bailey Bailey bailie Bailie bail-in bail␣in Bailly Bailon bailor Bailor bailage Baildon bailees bailers Bailers baileys Baileys bailies Bailies bailiff Bailiff bailing bail-ins bail␣ins baillie Baillie Baillys Bailons bailors Bailors bailout bail-out bail␣out bailable bailbond bail␣bond bailiffs Bailiffs +52 words

40 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

embails rebails embailed rebailed unbailed embailing Old␣Bailey rebailing Wanbailin wire␣bails bumbailiff gill␣bailer subbailiff unbailable antibailout baron-bailie bumbailiffs gill␣bailers high␣bailiff High␣Bailiff nonbailable postbailout subbailiffs water␣bailie bound␣bailiff high␣bailiffs High␣Bailiffs underbailiff waterbailage water␣bailage water␣bailies water␣bailiff bound␣bailiffs ground␣bailiff underbailiffs water␣bailiffs edgarbaileyite ground␣bailiffs motte␣and␣bailey mottes␣and␣baileys

12 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

go␣bail Jubail no-bail no␣bail on␣bail rebail Jew␣bail leg␣bail jump␣bail wire␣bail straw␣bail jump␣one's␣bail

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ail bai Bai

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IAB LIA Liab.

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Albi Bali Liab.

79 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Abila abilo aboil adlib ad-lib ad␣lib Alabi Albia albic Albie Albin alibi Arbil baila baile baili bailo bails Bails Baily Balbi Baldi Balli baloi balti Balti Bălți Balvi Baril basil Basil BASIL batil bazil Bazil Biała bialy Bilal bilat binal Biola -bital blain Blain Blair Blais Blasi Blazi Bliar Blida +29 words

37 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Abi ABI abl. AIB ail alb Alb. Ali ali- bai Bai BAL Baʻl Bia BIA B.I.A. bil BIL BLA BLI IAB IAL -ial Iba IBA lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. lai Lai LIA lib Lib LIB Lib.

48 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

baal Baal Ba'al Baʿal bael Bahl Baig Baik bain Bain Bair bais bait Baiz ball Ball BAML BASL Baul bawl Bhil boil bril Cail Dail fail Fail Gail hail Hail jail kail Kail Lail mail nail Nail Oail pail rail sail SAIL tail Tail vail Vail wail zail

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ail bai Bai BAL Baʻl bil BIL

8 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Baril basil Basil BASIL batil bazil Bazil brail


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