'Spill' definitions:

Definition of 'spill'

(from WordNet)
noun
Liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
noun
A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction [syn: spillway, spill, wasteweir]
noun
The act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: spill, spillage, release]
noun
A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall]
verb
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter]
verb
Flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: spill, run out]
verb
Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, shed, disgorge]
verb
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: spill, shed, pour forth]
verb
Reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: spill, talk]
verb
Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

Definition of 'Spill'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Greater glory think [it] to save than spill. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship. --Puttenham. [1913 Webster]
  • Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Spilling line (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spill'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. [1913 Webster] (b) A metallic rod or pin. [1913 Webster] (c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. [1913 Webster] (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]. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spill'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spill'

From: GCIDE
  • Spill \Spill\, v. i.
  • 1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'spill'

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