Jail
11jail — vb incarcerate, imprison, immure, intern Analogous words: confine, circumscribe, restrict, *limit: shackle, manacle, fetter (see HAMPER) Contrasted words: release, liberate, *free …
12jail — jail, jailer are now the more common forms than gaol, gaoler in BrE and are the dominant spellings in AmE. They are the preferred spellings, except in historical contexts in which the gaol forms might be more appropriate …
13jail — jail1 also gaol BrE [dʒeıl] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: jaiole, from Latin caveola, from cavea cage ] a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are… …
14jail — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE also gaol) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ city (esp. AmE), county, local ▪ high security, maximum security, top security (all esp. BrE) ▪ …
15jail — n. 1) to go to jail (he went to jail for his crime) 2) to be sent to jail (she was sent to jail for shoplifting) 3) to serve time in jail 4) to break jail; to break out of jail * * * [dʒeɪl] to break out of to break jail to serve time in jail to… …
16jail */ — I UK [dʒeɪl] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms jail : singular jail plural jails a place where people are put after they have been arrested, or where people go as punishment for a crime in jail: Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug… …
17jail — jail1 [ dʒeıl ] noun count or uncount * a place where people are put after they have been arrested or where people go as punishment for a crime: the county jail in jail: Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession. go/be sent to jail: She s… …
18jail — 01. Her brother had to spend the night in [jail] after being stopped for drunken driving on the way home from a New Year s party. 02. He was [jailed] for possession of marijuana, but then later released without charge. 03. A dozen prisoners… …
19jail — Gaol Gaol (j[=a]l), n. [See {Jail}.] A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written {jail}.] [1913 Webster] {Commission of general gaol delivery},… …
20jail — {{11}}jail (n.) late 13c., gayhol, from O.N.Fr. gaiole and O.Fr. jaole, both meaning a cage, prison, from M.L. gabiola, from L.L. caveola, dim. of L. cavea cage, enclosure, stall, coop (see CAVE (Cf. cave) (n.)). Both forms carried into M.E.; now …
