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spill1    Audio Help   [spil] Pronunciation Key verb, spilled or spilt, spill·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, esp. accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
2.to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.
3.to scatter: to spill papers all over everything.
4.Nautical.
a.to let the wind out of (a sail).
b.to lose (wind) from a sail.
5.to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: His horse spilled him.
6.Informal. to divulge, disclose, or tell: Don't spill the secret.
–verb (used without object)
7.(of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, esp. by accident or in careless handling.
–noun
8.a spilling, as of liquid.
9.a quantity spilled.
10.the mark made by something spilled.
11.a spillway.
12.Also called spill light. superfluous or useless light rays, as from theatrical or photographic lighting units.
13.Theater. an area of a stage illuminated by spill light.
14.a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: She broke her arm in a spill.
15.spill the beans. bean (def. 11).

[Origin: bef. 950; 1920–25 for def. 6; ME spillen to kill, destroy, shed (blood), OE spillan to kill; c. MHG, MD spillen; akin to spoil]

spill·a·ble, adjective, noun
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spill2    Audio Help   [spil] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a splinter.
2.a slender piece of wood or of twisted paper, for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
3.a peg made of metal.
4.a small pin for stopping a cask; spile.
5.Mining. forepole.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME spille < ?]
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spill 1    Audio Help   (spĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   spilled or spilt (spĭlt), 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
    1. To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).
    2. 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.


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

spill'er 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 2    Audio Help   (spĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire.
  2. A small peg or rod, especially one used as a plug; a spile.


[Middle English spille.]

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spill 
O.E. spillan "destroy, kill," variant of spildan, from P.Gmc. *spelthijanan (cf. O.H.G. spildan "to spill," O.S. spildian, O.N. spilla "to destroy," M.Du. spillen "to waste"), from PIE *spel- "to split, break off" (cf. M.Du. spalden, O.H.G. spaltan "to split;" for further cognates, see spoil). Sense of "let (liquid) fall or run out" developed c.1340 from use of the word in ref. to shedding blood (c.1125). Intrans. sense is from 1655. The noun is first recorded 1845, originally "a throw from a horse." Spill the beans first recorded 1919; to cry for spilt milk (usually with negative) is attested from 1738. Shakespeare used spilth "that which has spilled, act of spilling" (1607); modern spillage is attested from 1934. Spillover is from 1940; spillway is from 1889.

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spill

noun
1. liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" 
2. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction [syn: spillway
3. the act of allowing a fluid to escape 
4. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" 

verb
1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" 
2. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" 
3. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" 
4. 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" 
5. reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" 
6. reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) 

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spill [spil] verbpast tense, past participle spilt [-t], spilled
to (cause something to) fall or run out (usually accidentally)
Example: He spilt milk on the floor; Vegetables spilled out of the burst bag.
Arabic: يُريق، يَدلُق
Chinese (Simplified): 洒,跌落
Chinese (Traditional): 灑,跌落
Czech: rozlít; vysypat se
Danish: spilde; vælte ud
Dutch: (doen) overlopen
Estonian: maha loksutama, maha pillama, kukkuma
Finnish: läikyttää, pudota
French: (se) renverser, *répandre
German: verschütten,sich ergießen
Greek: χύνω, χύνομαι
Hungarian: kiloccsan(t)
Icelandic: hella niður, hellast
Indonesian: mencecerkan
Italian: versare; rovesciare, rovesciarsi
Japanese: こぼす
Korean: 엎지르다, 흘리다; 떨어지다, 쏟아지다
Latvian: (netīšām) izliet; izšļakstīt; izšļakstīties
Lithuanian: iš(si)pilti, iš(si)lieti
Norwegian: søle, renne ut, *over
Polish: rozlewać (się)
Portuguese (Brazil): derramar, transbordar, espalhar
Portuguese (Portugal): entornar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) revărsa; a (se) răsturna
Russian: проливать(ся); рассыпать(ся)
Slovak: rozliať (sa), vysypať (sa)
Slovenian: razliti (se)
Spanish: derramar, verter
Swedish: spilla
Turkish: dökmek; dökülüp saçılmak
See also: spill the beans

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Spill

Spell\, n. [OE. speld, AS. speld a spill to light a candle with; akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to tell the letters of.] A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Spill

Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See Spill a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also spillikin, spilliken.]
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Spill

Spill\, n. [[root]170. Cf. Spell a splinter.]

1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: (a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. (b) A metallic rod or pin. (c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. (d) (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilt; p. pr. & vb. n. Spilling.] To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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