Spill

Quick meaning: Spill is a verb meaning (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
2. (intransitive, of a crowd or people within a crowd) To overflow out of a designated area.
3. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
4. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
5. (intransitive, also figurative) To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
6. (transitive) To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
7. (obsolete, intransitive) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

Example Sentences

The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.

I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.

Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.

Spill not the morning (the quintessence of day) in recreations.

Word Forms

• spills
• spilling
• spilled
• spilt

Synonyms for spill

Depending on context, synonyms include taper, release, fall, tumble, disgorge, shed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include splatter, spillage, shed, tumble, fall, disgorge.

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