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- DictionarySpill/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"
- 2. reveal (confidential information) to someone: informal "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets"
noun
- 1. a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled: "wipe up spills immediately"
- 2. a fall from a horse or bicycle: "Granddad took a spill while riding the bay mare"
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.
SPILL definition: 1. to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something: 2…. Learn more.
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.
an amount of something that has flowed or fallen out of a container: The tanker started to leak oil and officials worried about a major oil spill. A spill is also a fall: Jockey Luis Ortega suffered a broken ankle in a spill at Hollywood Park yesterday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SPILL definition: to pour liquid somewhere without intending to: . Learn more.
Definition of spill noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
