ALL meanings of jail
jail
J j - noun jail A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. 1
- noun jail a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses. 1
- verb with object jail to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison. 1
- noun jail detention facility 1
- noun jail prison 1
- transitive verb jail imprison 1
- noun jail A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. 0
- noun jail (Uncountable Noun) Confinement in a jail. 0
- noun jail (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). 0
- noun jail In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined. 0
- verb jail To imprison. 0
- variable noun jail A jail is a place where criminals are kept in order to punish them, or where people waiting to be tried are kept. 0
- verb jail If someone is jailed, they are put into jail. 0
- noun jail a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted 0
- verb jail to confine in prison 0
- noun jail a building for the confinement of people who are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of minor offenses 0
- noun jail imprisonment 0
- verb transitive jail to put or keep in or as in jail 0