spill
/spɪl/ verb A2- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. · I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
- To spread out or fall out, as above. · Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
- To overflow out of a designated area. · The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
- To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
He/she/it spills · Past spilled · Past participle spilled · -ing form spilling
Verb forms
- Base form
- spill
- He/she/it
- spills
- Past
- spilled
- Past participle
- spilled
- -ing form
- spilling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my hand and wrist.
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