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spill ¹  (spl)

v. spilled or spilt (splt), spill·ing, spills

v.tr.

1. To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.

2. To scatter (objects) from containment: spilled the armload of books on the desk.

3. To shed (blood).

4. Nautical

a. To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).

b. To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail.

5. To cause to fall: The rider was spilled by his horse.

6. Informal To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge: The witness spilled all the details about the suspect.

v.intr.

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.

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[Middle English spillen, to shed blood, to spill, from Old English spillan, to kill.]

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spiller n.

Word History: Crying over spilt milk is pointless because it cannot undo the damage, which in the literal sense of this phrase is trivial; but in the Middle Ages spill was used for actions that seem to demand tears. Old English spillan, the ancestor of Modern English spill, meant such things as "to destroy, mutilate, kill." The senses "to waste" and "to shed blood" connect these earlier uses with substances falling out of containers, often wastefully. But many people, castles, and fortunes were "spilled" before people started spilling milk, at least judging from the recorded evidence. Spill is first recorded in the sense "to cause a substance to fall out of a container" in a work composed in the 14th century. Since then most of the senses having to do with violent destruction have become obsolete or archaic, but we still speak of spilling blood, as well as milk, water, and gravy.

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spill ¹

Verb

[spilling, spilt] or spilled

1. to pour from or as from a container by accident

2. (of large numbers of people) to come out of a place: rival groups spilled out from the station

3. to shed (blood)

4. spill the beans Informal to give away a secret

Noun

1. Informal a fall from a motorbike, bike, or horse, esp. in a competition

2. an amount of liquid spilt [Old English spillan to destroy]

spillage n

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spill ²

Noun

a splinter of wood or strip of paper for lighting pipes or fires [Germanic]

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Spill a small quantity of money—Johnson, 1755; a small amount of spilt liquid.

Examples: spill of heart’s blood, 1848; of money, 1707; of rain, 1888.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spill - liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" liquid - fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
	2.	spill - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction spillway, wasteweir conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
	3.	spill - the act of allowing a fluid to escape spillage, release flow, stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
	4.	spill - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" fall, tumble 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) trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
Verb	1.	spill - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" slop, splatter disgorge, shed, spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
	2.	spill - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" run out slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" brim over, overflow, well over, run over, overrun - flow or run over (a limit or brim)
	3.	spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" disgorge, shed seed - go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed" slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	4.	spill - pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" pour forth, shed pour - cause to run; "pour water over the floor"
	5.	spill - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" talk babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
	6.	spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) sailing - riding in a sailboat cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

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spill

verb 1. tip over, upset, overturn, capsize, knock over, topple over

verb 2. shed, scatter, discharge, throw off, disgorge, spill or run over

verb 3. slop, flow, pour, run, overflow, slosh, splosh

verb 4. emerge, flood, pour, mill, stream, surge, swarm, crowd, teem

noun 5. spillage, flood, leak, leakage, overspill

Translations

spill [pt spilt or spilled, pp ] [spɪl, spɪlt, spɪld] vt → derramar, verter [+ blood]; derramar

vi → derramarse;

to spill the beans (col) → descubrir el pastel

spill out vi → derramarse, desparramarse

spill over vi → desbordarse

spill [spilt or spilled , pt , pp ] [spɪl, -t, -d] vt → renverser; répandre

vi → se répandre;

to spill the beans (inf) → vendre la mèche: (= confess); lâcher le morceau

spill out vi → sortir à flots, se répandre

spill over vi → déborder

spill [spɪl] [spilt or spilled , pt, pp ] vt → verschütten

vi → verschüttet werden;

to spill the beans (inf) (fig); alles ausplaudern

spill out spill vi (people) → herausströmen

spill over spill vi → überlaufen (fig) (spread) → sich ausbreiten;

to spill over into → sich auswirken auf +acc

spill [pt spilt or spilled, pp ] [spɪl, -t, -d] vt → versare, rovesciare

vi → versarsi, rovesciarsi;

to spill the beans (col) → vuotare il sacco

spill out vi → riversarsi fuori

spill over vi to spill over (into) [liquid] → versarsi (in); [crowd] → riversarsi (in)

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spill

v spill [spil]

to (cause something to) fall or run out (usually accidentally) He spilt milk on the floor; Vegetables spilled out of the burst bag. mors يُريق، يَدلُق разливам (се) rozlít; vysypat se spilde; vælte ud verschütten,sich ergießen χύνω, χύνομαι derramar, verter maha loksutama, maha pillama, kukkuma سرازير شدن؛ ريختن läikyttää, pudota (se) renverser/répandre לִשפּוֹך छलकना, फैल जाना proliti, prosuti kiloccsan(t) mencecerkan hella niður, hellast versare; rovesciare, rovesciarsi こぼす 엎지르다, 흘리다; 떨어지다, 쏟아지다 iš(si)pilti, iš(si)lieti (netīšām) izliet; izšļakstīt; izšļakstīties tumpah (doen) overlopen søle, renne ut/over rozlewać (się) entornar(-se) a (se) revărsa; a (se) răsturna проливать(ся); рассыпать(ся) rozliať (sa), vysypať (sa) razliti (se) prosuti spilla ทำให้หก dökmek; dökülüp saçılmak 灑，跌落 розливати(ся); розсипати(ся) چھلکنا làm tràn, làm đổ 洒，跌落

spill the beans

to give away a secret By Monday it was evident that someone had spilled the beans to the newspapers. geheim uitlap يَكْشِف السِّر издавам тайна všechno vyzradit snakke over sig alles ausplaudern βγάζω όλα τα μυστικά στη φόρα descubrir el pastel saladust välja lobisema فاش كردن اسرار paljastaa salaisuus vendre la mèche לְגָלוֹת סוֹד रहस्य बता देना odati tajnu kikotyog vmit membuka rahasia leysa frá skjóðunni (vuotare il sacco), (svelare un segreto) 秘密をもらす 비밀을 누설하다 išplepėti paslaptį izpļāpāt membocorkan rahsia alles verklappen plapre ut med, røpe wypaplać tajemnicę dar com a língua nos dentes a divul­ga un secret разбалтывать секрет všetko prezradiť izdati skrivnost izbrbljati tajnu prata bredvid mun เปิดเผยความลับ sır açıklamak, yumurtlamak 不慎泄漏 розголосити секрет راز کھولنا để lọt tin tức ra ngoài 不慎泄漏