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UK
/spˈɪl/
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[ US /ˈspɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈspɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
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a sudden drop from an upright position
he had a nasty spill on the ice -
liquid that is spilled
clean up the spills - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
VERB
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flow, run or fall out and become lost
The wine spilled onto the table
The milk spilled across the floor - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
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cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
splatter water
spill the milk -
reveal information
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
The former employee spilled all the details -
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
spill the beans all over the table -
pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
spill blood
shed tears
God shed His grace on Thee
How To Use spill In A Sentence
- The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.
- Their passing was sloppy, possession was given away too easily and balls were either spilled or over carried in promising attacks.
- His fiery temper was liable to overspill. Times, Sunday Times
- This barge is a floating hotel, or "flotel," set up by BP and several subcontractors to accommodate more than 500 workers hired to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Home
- That the BP oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier estimates was hard news to hear but no surprise to Christian Delos Reyes, a 39-year-old oyster dredger. Former EPA Chief On Gulf Oil Spill: 'It's Going To Blow The Record Books Up'
- The students come to handicuffs over it; they spill the wine, and it turns into flame. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
- Ariela glanced at Bull, to check if it was all right with him to spill information.
- Nevertheless, CNN has talked to a "language analyst" who gets paid to "[analyze and catalogue] trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture," and they report that Obama was too "professorial," and now America is at grave risk of not passing its midterm exams on the oil spill. Obama Oil Spill Speech Criticized By CNN's Language Analyst For Not Being Moronic Enough [UPDATE]
- Angry Reader has a point about "spill," and while I can see Joel's point about it being what people call it, I respectfully suggest that it's that logic which got us to the point where we called chaining people to walls, beating them, freezing them, blasting music and noise at them at decibel levels high enough to inflict pain, electrifying their genitals, humiliating them and then drowning them repeatedly "enhanced interrogation techniques. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
- A choked sob caught in her throat, and she brought a hand up to her mouth as her eyes filled with tears that spilled over onto her reddened cheeks.
