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spill
1[ spil ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully:
to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.
- to scatter:
to spill papers all over everything.
- Nautical.
- to let the wind out of (a sail).
- to lose (wind) from a sail.
- to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like:
His horse spilled him.
- Informal. to divulge, disclose, or tell:
Don't spill the secret.
verb (used without object)
- (of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, especially by accident or in careless handling.
noun
- a spilling, as of liquid.
- a quantity spilled.
- the mark made by something spilled.
- a spillway.
- Also called spill light [spil, lahyt]. superfluous or useless light rays, as from theatrical or photographic lighting units.
- Theater. an area of a stage illuminated by spill light.
- a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like:
She broke her arm in a spill.
spill
2[ spil ]
noun
- a splinter.
- a slender piece of wood or of twisted paper, for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
- a peg made of metal.
- a small pin for stopping a cask; spile.
- Mining. forepole.
spill
1/ 蝉辫瑟濒 /
verb
- whenintr, usually foll by from, out of, etc to fall or cause to fall from or as from a container, esp unintentionally
- 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
- to shed (blood)
- informal.Alsospill the beans to disclose something confidential
- nautical to let (wind) escape from a sail or (of the wind) to escape from a sail
noun
- informal.a fall or tumble
- short for spillway
- a spilling of liquid, etc, or the amount spilt
- the declaring of several political jobs vacant when one higher up becomes so
the Prime Minister's resignation could mean a Cabinet spill
spill
2/ 蝉辫瑟濒 /
noun
- a splinter of wood or strip of twisted paper with which pipes, fires, etc, are lit
- a small peg or rod made of metal
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉辫颈濒濒别谤, noun
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spill1
Origin of spill2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spill1
Origin of spill2
Idioms and Phrases
- spill one's guts. Slang. gut ( def 14 ).
- spill the beans. bean ( def 11 ).
- 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 .Example Sentences
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.
Bosses who fail to co-operate or obstruct investigators looking into sewage spills can now be jailed for up to two years.
Hundreds of mostly white, older constituents spilled over from Cuesta College鈥檚 performing arts center to an overflow room in the campus gymnasium.
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.
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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