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English

Etymology

spillan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /spɪl/


Verb

{{en-verb|spills|spilling|spilled or spilt}}

  1. To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour.
  2. : I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.
  3. To spread out or fall out, as above
  4. : Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.


Translations

Noun

  1. A mess of something that has been dropped.
  2. A fall or stumble.
  3. : The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
  4. A small piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by transfer a flame from a fire.


Quotations

See also


Category:English ergative verbs Category:Liquids

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Norwegian

Noun

  1. game, play


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Swedish

Noun

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  1. waste|Waste, unusable surplus material.


Verb

  1. Imperative of spilla.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spill \Spill\ (sp[i^]l), n. [[root]170. Cf. Spell a splinter.]
1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically:
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(a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a
spile.
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(b) A metallic rod or pin.
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(c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a
lamplighter, etc.
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(d) (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven
horizontally ahead on top of a set of the main
timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

Syn: forepole; spile[4].
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3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilt (sp[i^]lt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Spilling.]
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal,
ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spill \Spill\ (sp[i^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilled
(sp[i^]ld), or Spilt (sp[i^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spilling.] [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan,
spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw.
spilla to spill, Dan. spilde, LG. & D. spillen to squander,
OHG. spildan.]
1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.]
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And gave him to the queen, all at her will
To choose whether she would him save or spill.
--Chaucer.
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Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.
--Spenser.
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2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse;
to waste. [Obs.]
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They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the
whole workmanship. --Puttenham.
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Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in
recreations. --Fuller.
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3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or
suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to
substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to
spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a
vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or
flour.
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Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss,
-- a loss or waste contrary to purpose.
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4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or
suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a
man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
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And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden.
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5. (Naut.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind,
so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to
lessen the strain.
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Spilling line (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or
dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spill \Spill\, v. i.
1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to
perish; to waste. [Obs.]
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That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer.
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2. To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or
wasted. "He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill
on all the company." --I. Watts.
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WordNet spill
n 1: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
2: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
other obstruction [syn: spillway, wasteweir]
3: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: spillage, release]
4: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty
spill on the ice" [syn: tumble, fall]
v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: slop,
splatter]
2: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled
across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn:
run out]
3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or
over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: shed, disgorge]
4: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or
small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed
His grace on Thee" [syn: shed, pour forth]
5: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!";
"The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: talk]
[also: spilt]
Moby Dictionary
Mystik tape , Scotch tape , accident , acknowledge , adhesive tape ,
admit , admit everything , allow , alluvion , alluvium , avow , babble ,
band , bandage , batten , be indiscreet , be unguarded , belt , betray ,
betray a confidence , blab , blabber , blurt , blurt out , brand , bung ,
butane lighter , capsizal , capsize , cascade , cataclysm , cataract ,
cellophane tape , check valve , cigarette lighter , cloth tape , cock ,
come clean , concede , confess , consume , cop a plea , cork , cropper ,
culbute , deluge , dive , dribble , drip , drop , engulf , engulfment ,
exhaust , expend , fall , fascia , faucet , fillet , firebrand , flambeau ,
flint , flint and steel , flood , flop , forced landing , friction tape ,
girdle , give away , grant , header , igniter , inform , inform on ,
inundate , inundation , lath , leak , leakage , let drop , let fall ,
let on , let slip , lid , light , lighter , ligula , ligule , list , lose ,
masking tape , open up , out with it , outpouring , overbrim , overfill ,
overflow , overflowing , overrun , overrunning , overset , overthrow ,
overturn , overwhelm , own , own up , peach , peg , pin , plank ,
plastic tape , plead guilty , plug , plunge , portfire , pour out ,
pour over , pratfall , rat , reveal a secret , revolution , ribband ,
ribbon , run , run over , sea cock , shred , sing , slat , slip , slop ,
slosh , somersault , somerset , sparker , spatter , spend , spigot ,
spike , spile , spill it , spill out , spill over , spill the beans ,
spillage , spit it out , splash , spline , sprawl , spray , squab ,
squeal , stool , stop , stopgap , stopper , stopple , strake , strap ,
strip , strop , stumble , submerge , submersion , subversion , swamp ,
sweep , taenia , talk , tap , tape , tape measure , tapeline , taper ,
tattle , tattle on , tell all , tell on , tell secrets , tell tales ,
tell the truth , the Deluge , the Flood , throw out , ticker tape ,
torch , trip , tumble , turnover , upset , upturn , use up , valve ,
washout , waste , whelm , whelming


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