ADV
almost | accidentally
out, over
Water spilled out of the bucket when I carried it too quickly down the stairs.
VERB + SPILL
try not to
let sth
The broken vase let water spill across the kitchen floor.
PREP
down, from, into, onto, out of, over
Water spilled down the kitchen wall when the pipe burst yesterday.
verb
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.
To overflow out of a designated area.
The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
They [the colours] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship.
Spill not the morning (the quintessence of day) in recreations.
noun
A mess of something that has been dropped.
A fall or stumble.
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
“In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.”
Kit froze with the pipe between his teeth, the relit spill pressed to the weed within it.
A slender piece of anything.
A slender piece of anything.
noun — the act of allowing a fluid to escape
noun — a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
verb — reveal information
verb — pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or s
To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive.
At first, the suspect would not tell us anything about the other participants in the crime. But after being offered a deal, he spilled his guts.
To reveal a secret; to disclose information.
They had planned it as a surprise party, but somebody spilled the beans.
To ejaculate.
He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.
To write, especially professionally.
Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than "the problem of the dir
To bleed as a result of a gunshot wound or stab wound; spill blood.
I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
WiktionarySome sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
WiktionaryHe was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.
WiktionaryThe bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
Wiktionary“In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.”
WiktionaryKit froze with the pipe between his teeth, the relit spill pressed to the weed within it.
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