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Spill Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Spill?
[n] a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
[n] the act of allowing a fluid to escape [n] a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction [n] liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" [v] cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [v] 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" [v] cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [v] flow, run or fall out and become lost, as of a liquid; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" Synonyms | Synonyms for Spill: disgorge | fall | pour forth | release | run out | shed | spillage | spillway | tumble | wasteweir Related Terms | Find terms related to Spill: See Also | brim over | conduit | course | displace | flow | flow | liquid | move | overflow | overrun | pour | run | run over | seed | slip | stream | trip | well over Spill In Webster's Dictionary \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\, 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\, 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. --Chaucer. Greater glory think [it] to save than spill. --Spenser. 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. --Puttenham. Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations. --Fuller. 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. Note: 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. --Dryden. 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\, 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. --Chaucer. 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. |
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