[spil] 
verb, spilled or spilt, spill⋅ing, noun | 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.
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| 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. |
| 7. | (of a liquid, loose particles, etc.) to run or escape from a container, esp. by accident or in careless handling. |
| 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). |
