Word: spill
Phonetic:
/spɪl/Listen:
A mess of something that has been dropped.
A fall or stumble. Example: 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.
A slender piece of anything.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
A small sum of money.
(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. Example: I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
To spread out or fall out, as above. Example: Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
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.
(Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party. Example: He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
(of a knot). To come undone.
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