[{"word":"bailing","phonetic":"/ˈbeɪlɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈbeɪlɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To release a person under such guarantee.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier"},{"definition":"To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to bail water out of a boat"},{"definition":"To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to bail a boat"},{"definition":"To set free; to deliver; to release.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To exit quickly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail."},{"definition":"To fail to meet a commitment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To secure the head of a cow during milking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To confine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is bailed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bail","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bailing"]}]