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Definition of 'spill'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) spill
to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, esp. accidentally or wastefully:
to spill a glass of milk.

2.  spill
to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.

3.  spill
to scatter:
to spill papers all over the floor.

4.  spill
to let the wind out of (a sail).

5.  spill
to lose (wind) from a sail.

6.  spill
to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like.

7.  spill
to divulge:
to spill a secret.

8. (v.i.) spill
(of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, as by careless handling.

9.  spill
to move in great numbers; pour out:
The children spilled into the playground.

10. (n.) spill
a spilling, as of liquid.

11.  spill
a quantity spilled.

12.  spill
Also called spill light. superfluous or useless light rays, as from photographic lighting units.

13.  spill
a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like.

14. (n.) spill
a splinter.

15.  spill
a slender piece of wood or of twisted paper, for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

16.  spill
a peg made of metal.

17.  spill
a small pin for stopping a cask; spile.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME spille)

Definition of 'spill'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) spill
liquid that is spilled
"clean up the spills"

2. (noun) spillway, spill, wasteweir
a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

3. (noun) spill, spillage, release
the act of allowing a fluid to escape

4. (verb) spill, tumble, fall
a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"

5. (verb) spill, slop, splatter
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
"spill the milk"; "splatter water"

6. (verb) spill, run out
flow, run or fall out and become lost
"The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

7. (verb) spill, shed, disgorge
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
"spill the beans all over the table"

8. (verb) spill, shed, pour forth
pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
"shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"

9. (verb) spill, talk
reveal information
"If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

10. (verb) spill
reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

Definition of 'spill'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) spill
to accidentally let liquid out of a container, or to come out of a container accidentally
He spilled his coffee on the table.; The wine spilled all over me.; chemicals spilling out into the water supply

2. spill
(of a large number of people) to come out of a building at the same time
Theater goers spilled out into the street.

3. (noun) spill
the act of spilling sth
She got a towel to clean up the spill.; an oil spill in the bay

Definition of 'spill'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) spill
a bit of wood split off; a splinter

2. (noun) spill
a slender piece of anything

3. (noun) spill
a peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile

4. (noun) spill
a metallic rod or pin

5. (noun) spill
a small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc

6. (noun) spill
one of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground

7. (noun) spill
a little sum of money

8. (verb) spill
to cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay

9. (verb) spill
to destroy; to kill; to put an end to

10. (verb) spill
to mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste

11. (verb) spill
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

12. (verb) spill
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

13. (verb) spill
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

14. (verb) spill
to be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste

15. (verb) spill
to be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted

Translation of 'spill'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause something to) fall or run out (usually accidentally) He spilt milk on the floor; Vegetables spilled out of the burst bag.
Afrikaans: mors	Arabic: يُريق، يَدلُق	Bulgarian: разливам (се)
Brazilian: entornar(-se)	Czech: rozlít; vysypat se	German: verschütten, sich ergieße
Danish: spilde; vælte ud	Greek: χύνω, χύνομαι	Spanish: derramar, verter
Estonian: maha loksutama, maha pill	Farsi: سرازير شدن؛ ريختن	Finnish: läikyttää
French: (se) renverser/répandre	Hebrew: לִשפּוֹך	Hindi: छलकना, फैल जाना
Croatian: proliti, prosuti	Hungarian: kiloccsan(t)	Indonesian: mencecerkan
Icelandic: hella niður, hellast	Italian: versare; rovesciare, rove	Japanese: こぼす
Korean: 엎지르다	Lithuanian: iš(si)pilti, iš(si)lieti	Latvian: (netīšām) izliet; izšļaks
Malay: tumpah	Dutch: (doen) overlopen	Norwegian: søle, renne ut/over
Polish: rozlewać (się)	Persian: سرازير شدن؛ ريختن	Pashto: ریختن
Portuguese: entornar(-se)	Romanian: a (se) revărsa; a (se) ră	Russian: проливать(ся); рассыпать(
Slovak: rozliať (sa), vysypať (sa	Slovenian: razliti (se)	Serbian: prosuti
Swedish: spilla	Thai: ทำให้หก	Turkish: dökmek; dökülüp saçılmak
Taiwanese: 灑，跌落	Ukrainian: розливати(ся); розсипати(	Urdu: چھلکنا
Vietnamese: làm tràn, làm đổ	Chinese: 洒，跌落
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