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spill1
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- pronunciation:
- spIl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
spills, spilling, spilled, spilt |
| definition 1: |
to cause or allow (a liquid or small particles or objects) to flow or fall from a container, esp. unintentionally.
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| definition 2: |
to cause (blood) to flow, as in killing or wounding; shed (blood).
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| definition 3: |
to cause to fall off or out.
The wagon overturned and spilled us on the road. |
| definition 4: |
(informal) to reveal or divulge (a secret or the like).
She spilled what she knew about the competitor's plans.- similar words:
- betray, divulge
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| related words: |
disclose, give away, reveal, stream, trickle, trip, tumble, well |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to flow or fall out of a container.
The milk will spill if you're careless. |
| definition 2: |
to spread out in a rush or beyond some boundary.
People spilled from the theater after the bomb threat. |
| related words: |
escape, leak, overflow, pour, run, stream, trickle |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act of spilling.
This latest oil spill caused caused oil to wash up on all the local beaches. |
| definition 2: |
that which has spilled, or the amount spilled.
Please mop up that spill. |
| definition 3: |
a channel along which something flows out or is spilled; spillway.
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| definition 4: |
(informal) a fall.
She took a nasty spill on the ice. |
| related words: |
fall, overflow, trip, tumble |
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