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Definition of Spill
1. Verb. Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. "They spill the bread with melted butter"; "Splatter water"
Related verbs: Disgorge, Shed, Run Out
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Spillage, Spiller
2. Noun. Liquid that is spilled. "Clean up the spills"
3. Verb. Flow, run or fall out and become lost. "Water and oil spill into the bowl"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
Related verbs: Slop, Splatter
Generic synonyms: Course, Feed, Flow, Run
Specialized synonyms: Brim Over, Overflow, Overrun, Run Over, Well Over
4. Noun. A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.
5. Verb. Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. "Spill the beans all over the table"
Specialized synonyms: Seed
Related verbs: Slop, Splatter
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
6. Noun. The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
7. Verb. Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. "God shed His grace on Thee"
8. Noun. A sudden drop from an upright position. "He had a nasty spill on the ice"
Specialized synonyms: Pratfall, Wipeout
Generic synonyms: Slip, Trip
Derivative terms: Fall, Fall, Fall, Tumble, Tumble, Tumble
9. Verb. Reveal information. "The former employee spilled all the details"
Related verbs: Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Talk
10. Verb. Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail).
Generic synonyms: Bring Down, Cut, Cut Back, Cut Down, Reduce, Trim, Trim Back, Trim Down
Definition of Spill
1. n. A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
2. v. t. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
3. v. t. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
4. v. i. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
Definition of Spill
1. Verb. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught. ¹
4. Noun. A mess of something that has been dropped. ¹
5. Noun. A fall or stumble. ¹
6. Noun. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spill
1. to cause to run out of a container [v SPILLED or SPILT, SPILLING, SPILLS]
Medical Definition of Spill
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1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. "And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill." (Chaucer) "Greater glory think [it] to save than spill." (Spenser)
2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. "They [the colours] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship." (Puttenham) "Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations." (Fuller)
3. 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.
Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
4. 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. "And to revenge his blood so justly spilt." (Dryden)
5. 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. Spilling line, a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. Spill, n. An instance of spilling. Oil spill, an accidental release of oil, usually into the ocean, due to damage to an oil tanker or uncontrolled release from an underwater well.
Origin: OE. Spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. Spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. Spilla to destroy, Sw. Spilla to spill, Dan. Spilde,G. & D. Spillen to squander, OHG. Spildan.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
Origin: Spilt; Spilling.
1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically:
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.