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

1. spill(noun)

   liquid that is spilled

   "clean up the spills"

2. spillway, spill, wasteweir(noun)

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

3. spill, spillage, release(noun)

   the act of allowing a fluid to escape

4. spill, tumble, fall(verb)

   a sudden drop from an upright position

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

5. spill, slop, splatter(verb)

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

   "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

6. spill, run out(verb)

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

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

7. spill, shed, disgorge(verb)

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

   "spill the beans all over the table"

8. spill, shed, pour forth(verb)

   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, talk(verb)

   reveal information

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

10. spill(verb)

    reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spill(Noun)

   A mess of something that has been dropped.

2. spill(Noun)

   A fall or stumble.

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

3. spill(Noun)

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

4. spill(Verb)

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

   I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.

5. spill(Verb)

   To spread out or fall out, as above

   Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.

6. spill(Verb)

   To drop something that was intended to be caught.

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

1. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(noun)

   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. Spill(verb)

   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. Spill(verb)

   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. Spill(verb)

    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. Spill(verb)

    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. Spill(verb)

    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. Spill(verb)

    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. Spill(verb)

    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. Spill(verb)

    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.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

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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. Josef Minster:

   I see a clear risk here that panic reactions on financial markets could spill over and hurt the real economy.

2. Peter DeFazio:

   Enbridge's actions leading up to the spill were deplorable: federal investigators found that Enbridge's integrity management procedures were so deficient that Enbridge allowed well-documented crack defects in corroded areas to propagate until the pipeline failed.

3. Rodrigo Vieira:

   The big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a good precedent of how to agree on funds for environmental and socioeconomic recovery, that's our goal.

4. Kim Stevens:

   This is a really devastating spill, we've been hearing from rafting companies and other businesses that rely on the river that if they can't get clients out on the river in the next couple of days, they may have to shut down their doors.

5. Miyoko Sakashita:

   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.

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