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Meaning of 'spill' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spill [ n.]
- A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
- A slender piece of anything.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
- A metallic rod or pin.
- A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
- One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A little sum of money.
2 . Spill [ v. i.]
- To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
- To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
3 . Spill [ v. t.]
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
- To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

Meaning of 'spill' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spill [ n]
Meaning (1):
- liquid that is spilled
Example in sentence:
  • clean up the spills
Meaning (2):
- a sudden drop from an upright position
Example in sentence:
  • he had a nasty spill on the ice
3 . spill [ v]
Meaning (3):
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
Example in sentence:
  • God shed His grace on Thee;
  • shed tears;
  • spill blood
Meaning (4):
- reveal information
Example in sentence:
  • If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!;
  • The former employee spilled all the details
Meaning (5):
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
Example in sentence:
  • spill the beans all over the table
Meaning (6):
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
Example in sentence:
  • spill the milk;
  • splatter water
Meaning (7):
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
Example in sentence:
  • The milk spilled across the floor;
  • The wine spilled onto the table

Nearby Words:

spial spica spicae spicate spicated spiccato spice spicebush spiced spicenut

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