bailed

bailed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Secured someone's release by providing bail.

  2. 2.

    Removed water from a boat.

  3. 3.

    [informal]Left or escaped from a situation.

Related words

Antonyms: detained, imprisoned
See also: bail, escaped, released
Synonyms: escaped, released, rescued

Etymology

Past tense of bail, from Old French bail ("custody").