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Definitions for spill
spɪlspill
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word spill.
Princeton's WordNet
spillnoun
liquid that is spilled
"clean up the spills"
spillway, spill, wasteweirnoun
a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
spill, spillage, releasenoun
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
spill, tumble, fallverb
a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"
spill, slop, splatterverb
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
"spill the milk"; "splatter water"
spill, run outverb
flow, run or fall out and become lost
"The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
spill, shed, disgorgeverb
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
"spill the beans all over the table"
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"
spill, talkverb
reveal information
"If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
spillverb
reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
Wiktionary
spillnoun
A mess of something that has been dropped.
spillnoun
A fall or stumble.
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
spillnoun
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
spillverb
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour.
I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.
spillverb
To spread out or fall out, as above
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
spillverb
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Spillnoun
Etymology: spijlen, Dutch.
The oysters, besides gathering by hand, have a peculiar dredge, which is a thick strong net, fastened to three spills of iron, and drawn at the boat’s stern. Carew.
Have near the bunghole a little venthole, stopped with a spill. John Mortimer.
The bishops, who consecrated this ground, were wont to have a spill or sportule from the credulous laity. John Ayliffe.
To SPILLverb
Etymology: spillan , Saxon; spillen, Dutch; spitla, Islandick.
Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood,
Which, as thou know’st, unjustly must be spilt. William Shakespeare.Friend or brother,
He forfeits his own blood that spills another. William Shakespeare, Timon.Themselves exact their cruelty,
And I constrained am this blood to spill. Samuel Daniel, Civil War.They having spill’d much blood, and done much waste,
Subduing nations; and atchiev’d thereby
Fame in the world, high titles, and rich prey,
Shall change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth. John Milton.Sichæus’ blood, by his false brother spilt,
I have reveng’d. John Denham.Medea must not draw her murth’ring knife,
And spill her childrens blood upon the stage. Wentworth Dillon.Orbellan did disgrace
With treach’rous deeds our mighty mother’s race;
And to revenge his blood, so justly spilt,
What is it less than to partake his guilt? Dryden.Nor the Centaurs tale
Be here repeated; how, with lust and wine
Inflam’d, they fought and spilt their drunken souls
At feasting hour. Philips.Thus is our thought with pain of thistle tilled,
Thus be our noblest parts dried up with sorrow;
Thus is our mind with too much minding spilled. Philip Sidney.Why are ye so fierce and cruel?
Is it because your eyes have power to kill?
Then know that mercy is the Mighty’s jewel,
And greater glory think to save than spill. Edmund Spenser.Thou all-shaking thunder,
Crack nature’s mould, all germins spill at once
That make ingrateful man. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Be not angry with these fires;
For then their threats will kill me:
Nor look too kind on my desires;
For then my hopes will spill me. Ben Jonson.All bodies are with other bodies fill’d;
But she receives both heav’n and earth together:
Nor are their forms by rash encounters spill’d;
For there they stand, and neither toucheth either. Davies.This sight shall damp the raging ruffian’s breast,
The poison spill, and half-drawn sword arrest. Thomas Tickell.To Spillverb
Thy father bids thee spare, and chides for spilling. Philip Sidney.
He was so topfull of himself, that he let it spill on all the company: he spoke well indeed, but he spoke too long. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
Spill
A spill occurs when the contents of something, usually in liquid form, are emptied out onto a surface, person or clothes, often unintentionally.
ChatGPT
spill
A spill refers to the act or instance of liquid inadvertently or accidentally flowing, dripping or overflowing out of its container. Furthermore, it can also refer to divulging or revealing information unintentionally or carelessly.
Webster Dictionary
Spillnoun
a bit of wood split off; a splinter
Spillnoun
a slender piece of anything
Spillnoun
a peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile
Spillnoun
a metallic rod or pin
Spillnoun
a small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc
Spillnoun
one of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground
Spillnoun
a little sum of money
Spillverb
to cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay
Spillverb
to destroy; to kill; to put an end to
Spillverb
to mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste
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
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
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
Spillverb
to be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste
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
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.]
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.]
Editors Contribution
spillnoun
An action of spilling something, especially a liquid.
The glass of water gave a spill on the floor.
Submitted by zaki1409 on June 19, 2022
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SPILL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Spill is ranked #154907 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Spill surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Spill.
89.5% or 94 total occurrences were White.
4.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spill' in Verbs Frequency: #915
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spill in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of spill in a Sentence
I share people's concerns about offshore drilling. I remember the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico all too well, that's precisely why my administration has worked to make sure that our oil exploration conducted under these leases is done at the highest standards possible.
The federal government’s turning a blind eye as offshore fracking threatens to poison our beautiful beaches and coastal waters, we need offshore fracking stopped immediately before chemical contamination or an oil spill devastates California’s coastal communities and kills sea otters and other endangered marine wildlife.
If there's a worse place to look for oil, I don't know what it is, there aren't any proven effective ways of cleaning up an oil spill in the Arctic.
Vladimir Chuprov from Greenpeace:
This is a large spill, and the problem is of a systemic nature, unless oil companies start paying in full, they don't have the motivation to prevent spills.
We haven't have a spill like this, so we're not sure, as far as costs go, we're not worried about that at this point.
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- دلق, أسجم, أراقArabic
- vessarCatalan, Valencian
- spildeDanish
- verschütten, schüttenGerman
- derramarSpanish
- läikkyä, kaataa, läikyttää, läikkyminen, levitä, päästää, putoaminenFinnish
- renverser, déversement, déverser, répandreFrench
- borít, önt, szórHungarian
- թափվելArmenian
- tumpahanIndonesian
- versare, rovesciareItalian
- 零れる, 零すJapanese
- ღვრაGeorgian
- morsen, gemorsteDutch
- versarOccitan
- derramarPortuguese
- vărsaRomanian
- рассы́паться, проли́ться, просыпа́ться, рассыпа́ться, проли́ть, рассы́пать, разли́ться, разлива́ть, просыпа́ть, разли́ть, пролива́ть, просы́пать, разлива́ться, рассыпа́ть, пролива́ться, просы́патьсяRussian
- spilla, spillSwedish
- trànVietnamese
- 洒Chinese
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