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Definitions for Spill

[1] to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
[2] to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.
[3] to scatter: to spill papers all over everything.
[4] Nautical . to let the wind out of (a sail). to lose (wind) from a sail.
[5] to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: His horse spilled him.
[6] Informal . to divulge, disclose, or tell: Don't spill the secret.
[7] (of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, especially by accident or in careless handling.
[8] a spilling, as of liquid.
[9] a quantity spilled.
[10] the mark made by something spilled.
[11] a spillway.
[12] Also called spill light . superfluous or useless light rays, as from theatrical or photographic lighting units.
[13] Theater . an area of a stage illuminated by spill light.
[14] a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: She broke her arm in a spill.
[15] spill the beans . bean(def 11) .
[16] spill /toss one's cookies . cookie(def 7) .
[17] a splinter.
[18] a slender piece of wood or of twisted paper, for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
[19] a peg made of metal.
[20] a small pin for stopping a cask; spile.
[21] Mining . forepole.
[22] (when intr, usually foll by from, out of, etc ) to fall or cause to fall from or as from a container, esp unintentionally
[23] to disgorge (contents, occupants, etc) or (of contents, occupants, etc) to be disgorged the car spilt its passengers onto the road ; the crowd spilt out of the theatre
[24] to shed (blood)
[25] Also: spill the beans informal to disclose something confidential
[26] nautical to let (wind) escape from a sail or (of the wind) to escape from a sail
[27] informal a fall or tumble
[28] short for spillway
[29] a spilling of liquid, etc, or the amount spilt
[30] Australian the declaring of several political jobs vacant when one higher up becomes so the Prime Minister's resignation could mean a Cabinet spill
[31] a splinter of wood or strip of twisted paper with which pipes, fires, etc, are lit
[32] a small peg or rod made of metal

Words related to Spill

sprinkle, stream, squirt, flow, pour, dribble, spray, splash, discharge, overflow, scatter, empty, blow, shed, run, disgorge, splatter, upset, drip, lose

Words nearby Spill

spikenard, spiker, spiky, spile, spiling, spill, spill over, spill the beans, spillage, spillane, spillikin

Origin of Spill

21250–1300; Middle English spille < ?

Other words from Spill

spill·a·ble , adjective, noun
non·spill·a·ble , adjective
un·spilled , adjective

Word origin for Spill

C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spilla, Middle Dutch spile stake

Synonyms for Spill

discharge, dribble, empty, flow, overflow, pour, run out, scatter, spill over, splash, spray, sprinkle, squirt, stream, disgorge, drip, lose, overfill, overrun, overturn, run, shed, splatter, spurt, upset, run over, throw off, well over