# bail up

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To delay (someone) by talking to them.
2. For rocks, clay, etc. to build up around a drill.
3. To rob (someone).
4. To corner (someone); to hold (someone) under threat of violence; for dogs to hold people or animals at bay.
5. To apply a bail to a cow (a frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding); to enter a bail.
6. Misspelling of bale up.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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