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- Dictionaryspill/spil/
verb
- 1. cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally: "you'll spill that tea if you're not careful" Similar
- 2. reveal (confidential information) to someone: informal "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets" Similar
noun
- 1. a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled: "wipe up spills immediately"
- 2. a fall from a horse or bicycle: "Granddad took a spill while riding the bay mare" Similar
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The meaning of SPILL is to cause or allow especially accidentally or unintentionally to fall, flow, or run out so as to be lost or wasted. How to use spill in a sentence.
SPILL definition: 1. to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something: 2…. Learn more.
Spill definition: to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully. See examples of SPILL used in a sentence.
When liquids spill, they accidentally flow or dribble out of a container. You can also spill solid objects, like when you slip and spill the contents of your backpack all over the sidewalk.
1. To run or fall out of a container or containment. 2. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily. 3. To pour out or spread beyond limits: Fans spilled onto the playing field. n. 1. The act of spilling. 2. An amount spilled. 3. A fall, as from a horse. 4. A spillway.
an amount of something that has come out of a container: a fuel spill on the road. Could you wipe up that spill, please? In 1989, there was a massive oil spill in Alaska.
A spill is an amount of liquid that has spilled from a container. She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter. An oil spill could be devastating for wildlife.
Spill definition: To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.
Definition of spill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SPILL definition: to pour liquid somewhere without intending to: . Learn more.
