Noun
a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

Noun
the act of allowing a fluid to escape

Noun
a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

Noun
liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"

Verb
reveal information; "If you don''t oblige me, I''ll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"

Verb
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"

Verb
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"

Verb
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

Verb
flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

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n.
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

n.
A slender piece of anything.

n.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

n.
A metallic rod or pin.

n.
A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

n.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

n.
A little sum of money.

v. t.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

v. t.
To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

v. t.
To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.

v. t.
To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.

v. t.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

v. i.
To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.

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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.

Spill

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.

Spill

Spill , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spilled , or Spilt ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spilling.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde,G. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.] 1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.]

And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill.

Greater glory think [it] to save than spill.

2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. [Obs.]

They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship.

Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations.

3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour. &hand; Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose. 4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

And to revenge his blood so justly spilt.

5. (Naut.) 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. Spilling line (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. Totten.

Spill

Spill, v. i. 1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. [Obs.]

That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill.

2. To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. "He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company." I. Watts.

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.