What does spill mean?
Definitions for spill
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Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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
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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
The battle in parliament will most likely be tougher in the coming days because they want to limit our right to speak by changing the internal bylaws and it is impossible for us to tolerate this, therefore this battle will get tougher, and it may even spill over to the streets.
They're allowed to conduct campaigns, they're able to organize online... so that happens in China within the Great Firewall, and then we see also it spill out into the wider Internet.
I ate with a bib on so as not to spill taco meat all over my white dress, so that probably looked even stranger.
In some areas of the country there are real rumblings beneath the surface, pockets of misery, that have the potential to spill and blow up into something.
In a year that has been filled with incredibly challenging issues this oil spill constitutes one of the most devastating situations that our community has dealt with in decades, we are doing everything in our power to protect the health and safety of our residents, our visitors and our natural habitats.
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Translations for spill
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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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