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Meaning
Verb
●
In Liquids:
To
drop
something so that it
spreads out
or makes a
mess
; to
accidentally
pour.
●
To
spread out
or
fall out
, as above.
●
To
drop
something that was
intended
to be caught.
●
To
mar
; to
damage
; to
destroy
by
misuse
; to waste.
●
In Liquids:
To be
destroyed
,
ruined
, or
wasted
;
to come
to
ruin
; to
perish
; to waste.
●
In Liquids:
To cause to
flow
out and be
lost
or
wasted
; to shed.
●
To cause to be
thrown
from a
mount
, a
carriage
, etc.
●
To
cover
or
decorate
with
slender
pieces
of
wood
,
metal
,
ivory
, etc.; to inlay.
●
In Nautical:
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.
●
In Australian politics:
To
open
the
leadership
of a
parliamentary
party
for re-election.
●
To
reveal
information to an
uninformed
party.
●
To come undone.
Noun
●
A
mess
of something that has been dropped.
●
A
fall
or stumble.
●
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.
A
peg
or
pin
for
plugging
a
hole
,
as in
a
cask
; a spile.
A
metallic
rod
or pin.
●
In Mining:
One of the
thick
laths
or
poles
driven
horizontally
ahead of
the main
timbering
in
advancing
a level
in
loose
ground.
●
The
situation
where
sound
is
picked up
by a
microphone
from a
source
other than
that which is intended.
●
A small
sum
of money.
●
In Australian politics:
A
declaration
that the
leadership
of a
parliamentary
party
is
vacant
, and
open
for
re-election
. Short form of
leadership
spill.
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Origin
spill
English
spillan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
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Pour
Slip
Seep
Drip
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Squirt
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Dump
Splash
Boil
Crash
Bleed
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Drain
Pollution
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Fire
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Rhymes
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Nil
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Til
Gil
Lil'
Till
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Mill
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He'Ll
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She'Ll
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Squill
Instil
Brazil
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Thrill
'Twill
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Brazil
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Manille
Athrill
Fulfill
Seville
Distill
Downhill
Spadille
Gristmill
Siderotil
Quadrille
Dishabille
Chapel Hill
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