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Meaning ofjailin English

jail

us//dʒeɪl//uk//dʒeɪl//

Pluraljails
Past Tensejailed
Participle Verbjailing
Third Person Singularjails

Definitions

Noun
1. a detention facility for lawfully held persons
2. a place for holding persons in custody
3. confinement or detention (in a jail)
  The police took the suspect to jail for questioning.
4. a confinement area for struck players
  In the game, players who broke the rules were sent to jail.
5. a sandbox for guest OS instances
  The cloud provider offered a jail to isolate and test new operating systems.
6. a restriction on claimed horses; temporary racing ban
  The racing commission imposed a jail on the horse after it tested positive for steroids.
Verb
1. to imprison someone; confine
  The court decided to jail the criminal for five years.

Compounds / Phrases

jailbird jailbirds jailbreaker jailhouse jailhouses jailkeeper jailbreak get out of jail free card jail fever