spill

A2
Pronunciation
/spɪl/
/spɪl/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A mess of something that has been dropped.

2 Definition

A fall or stumble.

Example Sentences
  • The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
3 Definition

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

4 Definition

A slender piece of anything.

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

7 Definition

A small sum of money.

8 Definition

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

Example Sentences
  • I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
2 Definition

To spread out or fall out, as above.

Example Sentences
  • Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
3 Definition

To drop something that was intended to be caught.

4 Definition

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

5 Definition

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

6 Definition

To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

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.

9 Definition

(Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

10 Definition

To reveal information to an uninformed party.

Example Sentences
  • He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
11 Definition

(of a knot). To come undone.