'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
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Mystik 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,
- Scotch tape,
- 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