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spill
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- pronunciation:
- spIl
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
spills, spilling, spilled, spilt |
definition 1: |
to cause or allow to flow or fall from a container.
She spilled the coffee all over her dress. |
definition 2: |
to cause to fall off or out.
The wagon fell over and spilled us onto the road. |
definition 3: |
(informal) to tell or reveal.
She spilled what she knew about his family. |
definition 4: |
to flow or fall out of a container.
The milk will spill if you aren't careful. |
definition 5: |
to spread out in a rush or beyond some boundary.
People spilled from the theater when the fire started. |
related words: |
disclose, escape, give away, leak, overflow, reveal, run, trickle, trip |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
that which has spilled, or the amount spilled.
The spill we left on the floor made my mom angry. |
definition 2: |
(informal) a fall.
She took a bad spill on the ice. |
related words: |
fall, overflow, tumble |
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