SPILL

n. instance of spilling; quantity spilled; mark made by spilled liquid; fall, tumble; spillway; small scrap of paper or wood for lighting a fire

v. cause or allow something to fall out of a container (especially unintentionally); scatter; shed blood; cause to fall, tumble; reveal, divulge (Informal)

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Noun
1. liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
(hypernym) liquid
(derivation) shed, pour forth
2. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
(synonym) spillway, wasteweir
(hypernym) conduit
(derivation) slop, splatter
3. the act of allowing a fluid to escape
(synonym) spillage, release
(hypernym) flow, stream
(derivation) shed, pour forth
4. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
(synonym) tumble, fall
(hypernym) slip, trip
(hyponym) wipeout
Verb
1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
(synonym) slop, splatter
(hypernym) move, displace
(verb-group) shed, disgorge
(derivation) spillway, wasteweir
2. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
(synonym) run out
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
(hyponym) overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over
(verb-group) slop, splatter
(derivation) spillage, release
3. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
(synonym) shed, disgorge
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) seed
(verb-group) slop, splatter
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"
(synonym) shed, pour forth
(hypernym) pour
(derivation) spillage, release
5. reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
(synonym) talk
(hypernym) tell
(verb-group) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
  

(v. t.)
To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
  

(v. t.)
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. i.)
To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
  

(v. i.)
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
  

(n.)
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
  

(n.)
A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
  

(n.)
A slender piece of anything.
  

(n.)
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
  

(n.)
A metallic rod or pin.
  

(n.)
A little sum of money.
  

(n.)
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
  

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