Sekirov Dictionary

spill

/spɪl/

verb 15
noun 12
forms 6
phrases 7

verb15

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to let a drink or small loose things fall out of a cup, a bottle or a bag by mistake
- I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
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To spread out or fall out, as above.
- Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
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To overflow out of a designated area.
- The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.
To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
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To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- to revenge his Blood, so justly spilt, / VVhat is it less then to partake his guilt? — 1665
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To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
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To express (something), especially repeatedly or floridly; to be expressed.
- He spilled insults about the other team.
- Praise spilled from him every day.
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To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot. — 2011
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
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.
To come undone.
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To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- They [the colours] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship. — 1589
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To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- And all the others pavement were with yvory spilt — 1596
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(slang) To cause to be thrown from a mount, a carriage, etc.
- Then, not thirty feet beyond, a sudden panicky lunge to the side by his horse spilled him from the saddle. — 2007
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(no longer used) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
- That thou wilt suffer innocence to spill. — 1542

noun12

Any thing that has been spilled; the resulting mess.
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A fall or stumble.
- The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A slender piece of anything.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask'; a spile.
A metallic rod or pin.
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A spillikin.
- A tool with which to extract the spills from the pile. — 1971
A splinter caught in the skin.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
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(no longer used) Synonym of taper, a thin stick, long wick, etc. used to transfer flame.
- “In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.” — 1920
(no longer used) A small sum of money.

forms

spilled · spilt · spilling · spilleth · spills · spillest

Phrases with spill

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