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spill

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: spill

1
 vn
flow, run or fall out and become lost
liquid that is spilled
2
 v
reveal information
3
 v
reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: spill
1

v flow, run or fall out and become lost

“The milk spilled across the floor”
“The wine spilled onto the table”
Synonyms:
run out
slop, splatter
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
Types:
brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over
flow or run over (a limit or brim)
geyser
to overflow like a geyser
Type of:
course, feed, flow, run
move along, of liquids

v cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

“spill the milk”
Synonyms:
slop, splatter
disgorge, shed
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
run out
flow, run or fall out and become lost
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

“spill the beans all over the table”
Synonyms:
disgorge, shed
slop, splatter
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
Types:
seed
go to seed; shed seeds
reseed
seed again or anew
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

“spill blood”
Synonyms:
pour forth, shed
Type of:
pour
cause to run

n liquid that is spilled

“clean up the spills”
Type of:
liquid
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

n the act of allowing a fluid to escape

Synonyms:
release, spillage
Type of:
flow, stream
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

n a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

Synonyms:
spillway, wasteweir
Type of:
conduit
a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

n a sudden drop from an upright position

“he had a nasty spill on the ice”
Synonyms:
fall, tumble
Types:
pratfall
a fall onto your buttocks
wipeout
a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
Type of:
slip, trip
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
2

v reveal information

“The former employee spilled all the details”
Synonyms:
talk
babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle
divulge confidential information or secrets
Type of:
tell
let something be known
3

v reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

Type of:
bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
cut down on; make a reduction in
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