Definitions for spill
spɪlspill

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spillnoun

   liquid that is spilled

   "clean up the spills"

2. spillway, spill, wasteweirnoun

   a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

3. spill, spillage, releasenoun

   the act of allowing a fluid to escape

4. spill, tumble, fallverb

   a sudden drop from an upright position

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

5. spill, slop, splatterverb

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

6. spill, run outverb

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

   "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

7. spill, shed, disgorgeverb

   cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

   "spill the beans all over the table"

8. spill, shed, pour forthverb

   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. spill, talkverb

   reveal information

   "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

10. spillverb

    reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spillnoun

   A mess of something that has been dropped.

2. spillnoun

   A fall or stumble.

   The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.

3. spillnoun

   A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

4. spillverb

   To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour.

   I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.

5. spillverb

   To spread out or fall out, as above

   Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.

6. spillverb

   To drop something that was intended to be caught.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spillnoun

   a bit of wood split off; a splinter

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

2. Spillnoun

   a slender piece of anything

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

3. Spillnoun

   a peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

4. Spillnoun

   a metallic rod or pin

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

5. Spillnoun

   a small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

6. Spillnoun

   one of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

7. Spillnoun

   a little sum of money

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

8. Spillverb

   to cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

9. Spillverb

   to destroy; to kill; to put an end to

   Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

10. Spillverb

    to mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

11. Spillverb

    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

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

12. Spillverb

    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

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

13. Spillverb

    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

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

14. Spillverb

    to be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

15. Spillverb

    to be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted

    Etymology: [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Spill

   spil, v.t. to allow to run out of a vessel: to shed: to waste: (coll.) to throw from a vehicle or the saddle: to empty the belly of a sail of wind for reefing.—v.i. to be shed: to be allowed to fall, be lost, or wasted:—pa.t. and pa.p. spilled, spilt.—n. a fall, a throw: a downpour.—ns. Spill′er; Spill′ing-line, a rope for spilling the wind out of a square sail to facilitate reefing or furling; Spill′-stream, a stream formed by overflow water, a bayou; Spill′way, a passage for overflow-water from a dam. [A.S. spillan; Dut. spillen, Ice. spilla, to destroy.]

2. Spill

   spil, n. a small peg or pin to stop a hole: a thin strip of wood or twisted paper for lighting a candle, a pipe, &c.—n. Spill′ikin, one of a number of small pieces of wood, ivory, &c. for playing a game with: the game played—also Spil′kin. [A.S. speld, a torch; cf. Ger. spalten, to cleave, Dut. speld, a splinter.]

Matched Categories

1. • Flow
   • Liquid
   • Move
   • Reduce
   • Sailing
   • Tell

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spill' in Verbs Frequency: #915

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1. pills

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spill in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of spill in a Sentence

1. Paul Kortez:

   We will never allow for anyone to strike fear into our hearts because we are Jews, we are not going to allow the violence in the Middle East to spill out onto the streets of Los Angeles.

2. Rachel Beck:

   I ate with a bib on so as not to spill taco meat all over my white dress, so that probably looked even stranger.

3. Terry Jones:

   Knowledge from the past can protect us in the present. When an animal or plant goes extinct, it isn't coming back. But mutations can re-occur or revert and viruses can mutate or spill over from the animal reservoir so there will always be another zoonosis( disease caused by viruses that jumped from animal hosts into human hosts).

4. Suzan Murray:

   Our team of virologists use the samples collected in the field to determine which viruses are most likely to spill over to humans and classify them according to their risk profile.

5. Terry Lamb:

   We don't want to take the chance of (a spill), it's another big giant corporation rolling over everyday people.

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