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spill

1

[ spil ]

verb (used with object)

spilled or spilt, spilling.
  1. to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully:

    to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.

  2. to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.
  3. to scatter:

    to spill papers all over everything.

  4. Nautical.
    1. to let the wind out of (a sail).
    2. to lose (wind) from a sail.
  5. to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like:

    His horse spilled him.

  6. Informal. to divulge, disclose, or tell:

    Don't spill the secret.



verb (used without object)

spilled or spilt, spilling.
  1. (of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, especially by accident or in careless handling.

noun

  1. a spilling, as of liquid.
  2. a quantity spilled.
  3. the mark made by something spilled.
  4. Also called spill light [spil, lahyt]. superfluous or useless light rays, as from theatrical or photographic lighting units.
  5. Theater. an area of a stage illuminated by spill light.
  6. a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like:

    She broke her arm in a spill.

spill

2

[ spil ]

noun

  1. a splinter.
  2. a slender piece of wood or of twisted paper, for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
  3. a peg made of metal.
  4. a small pin for stopping a cask; spile.
  5. Mining. forepole.

spill

1

/ 蝉辫瑟濒 /

verb

  1. whenintr, usually foll by from, out of, etc to fall or cause to fall from or as from a container, esp unintentionally
  2. to disgorge (contents, occupants, etc) or (of contents, occupants, etc) to be disgorged

    the car spilt its passengers onto the road

    the crowd spilt out of the theatre

  3. to shed (blood)
  4. informal.
    Alsospill the beans to disclose something confidential
  5. nautical to let (wind) escape from a sail or (of the wind) to escape from a sail
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal.
    a fall or tumble
  2. short for spillway
  3. a spilling of liquid, etc, or the amount spilt
  4. the declaring of several political jobs vacant when one higher up becomes so

    the Prime Minister's resignation could mean a Cabinet spill

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

spill

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/ 蝉辫瑟濒 /

noun

  1. a splinter of wood or strip of twisted paper with which pipes, fires, etc, are lit
  2. a small peg or rod made of metal
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉辫颈濒濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辫颈濒濒路补路产濒别 adjective noun
  • non路蝉辫颈濒濒路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路蝉辫颈濒濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spill1

First recorded before 950; 1920鈥25 spill 1fordef 6; Middle English spillen 鈥渢o kill, destroy, shed (blood),鈥 Old English spillan 鈥渢o kill鈥; cognate with Middle High German, Middle Dutch spillen; akin to spoil

Origin of spill2

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English spille, spil(e); of uncertain origin
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spill1

Old English spillan to destroy; related to spildan, Old High German spaltan to split; see spoil

Origin of spill2

C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spilla, Middle Dutch spile stake
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. spill one's guts. Slang. gut ( def 14 ).
  2. spill the beans. bean ( def 11 ).
  3. spill / toss one's cookies. cookie ( def 8 ).

More idioms and phrases containing spill

In addition to the idiom beginning with spill , also see shed (spill) blood ; take a spill .
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Example Sentences

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Then, in the summer of 1991, a catastrophic train derailment just north of town spilled nearly 20,000 gallons of a highly toxic herbicide into the Sacramento River.

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Bosses who fail to co-operate or obstruct investigators looking into sewage spills can now be jailed for up to two years.

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Hundreds of mostly white, older constituents spilled over from Cuesta College鈥檚 performing arts center to an overflow room in the campus gymnasium.

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President Nixon presided over the first Earth Day, founded in large part as a reaction to a devastating oil spill off the coast of California.

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And Hegseth used his personal phone this time to spill the beans.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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