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    Spill
    /spil/

    verb

    • 1. cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally: "you'll spill that tea if you're not careful" Similar knock overtip overupsetoverturn
    • 2. reveal (confidential information) to someone: informal "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets" Similar revealdisclosedivulgelet out

    noun

  2. SPILL definition: 1. to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something: 2…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of SPILL is to cause or allow especially accidentally or unintentionally to fall, flow, or run out so as to be lost or wasted. How to use spill in a sentence.

  4. Spill definition: to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully. See examples of SPILL used in a sentence.

  5. an amount of something that has come out of a container: a fuel spill on the road. Could you wipe up that spill, please? In 1989, there was a massive oil spill in Alaska.

  6. When liquids spill, they accidentally flow or dribble out of a container. You can also spill solid objects, like when you slip and spill the contents of your backpack all over the sidewalk.

  7. To run or fall out of a container or containment. 2. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily. 3. To pour out or spread beyond limits: Fans spilled onto the playing field. n. 1. The act of spilling. 2. An amount spilled. 3. A fall, as from a horse. 4. A spillway.

  8. spill. [intransitive, transitive] (especially of liquid) to flow over the edge of a container by accident; to make liquid do this. Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor. The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere. (figurative) Light spilled from the windows.

  9. A spill is an amount of liquid that has spilled from a container. She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter. An oil spill could be devastating for wildlife.

  10. verb [ T ] uk / spɪl / us past tense and past participle spilled | also UK spilt. Add to word list. B1. to pour liquid somewhere without intending to: Someone at the party spilled red wine on the carpet. Fewer examples. I didn't mean to spill his drink. It was an accident. Be careful not to spill the wine.

  11. spill meaning, definition, what is spill: if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, ...: Learn more.

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