Jail word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "jail" word

[noun] a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
[verb] lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

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\Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also {gaol}.] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}. {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}. {Jail liberties}, or {Jail limits}, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also {Scandinavian lock}.
\Jail\, v. t. To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614). [Bolts] that jail you from free life. --Tennyson.

Synonyms for jail

clink, gaol, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jailhouse, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand, slammer

Related terms: bastille, caboose, cage, clink, concentration camp, contain, coop in, death row, detention camp, federal prison, gaol, hold prisoner, immure, impound, industrial school, keep, mew, minimum-security prison, reformatory, rock pile, surround, yard up

The fun area, different aproach to word »jail«

Let's analyse "jail" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: LIAJ. Average typing speed for these characters is 1180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--- .- .. .-..

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: jail: 1 + 9 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: jail: 1 + 1 + 9 + 3 = 14, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
J (1)	10	Wheel of Fortune	Optimist, Opportunist, Enterpreneur
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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