spill
1 [spil] Show IPA
verb (used with object), spilled or spilt, spill·ing.
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 .
a.
to let the wind out of (a sail).
b.
to lose (wind) from a sail.
5.
to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: His horse spilled him.
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Origin:
before 950; 1920–25 for def 6; Middle English spillen to kill, destroy, shed (blood), Old English spillan to kill; cognate with Middle High German, Middle Dutch spillen; akin to spoil
before 950; 1920–25 for def 6; Middle English spillen to kill, destroy, shed (blood), Old English spillan to kill; cognate with Middle High German, Middle Dutch spillen; akin to spoil
Related forms
spill·a·ble, adjective, noun
non·spill·a·ble, adjective
un·spilled, adjective
World English Dictionary
spill 1 (spɪl) | |
— vb (when intr, | |
1. | to fall or cause to fall from or as from a container, esp unintentionally |
2. | 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 |
3. | to shed (blood) |
4. | informal Also: spill the beans to disclose something confidential |
5. | nautical to let (wind) escape from a sail or (of the wind) to escape from a sail |
— n | |
6. | informal a fall or tumble |
7. | short for spillway |
8. | a spilling of liquid, etc, or the amount spilt |
9. | ( Austral ) the declaring of several political jobs vacant when one higher up becomes so: the Prime Minister's resignation could mean a Cabinet spill |
[Old English spillan to destroy; related to spildan, Old High German spaltan to split; see | |
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