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spill

noun

1 spill

Liquid that is spilled.

Roget 388: fuel, firing, combustible.    [solid fuels] coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, ... show more

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; ... show more

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

2 spill

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

synonyms: spillway, wasteweir.

Dutch: overlaat

3 spill

The act of allowing a fluid to escape.

synonyms: release, spillage.

Polish: rozlanie siÄ™

4 spill

A sudden drop from an upright position:
— He had a nasty spill on the ice.

synonyms: fall, tumble.

Dutch: valpartij
Polish: upadek

verb

1 spill

Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container:
— Spill the milk.

synonyms: slop, splatter.

Roget 348: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, ... show more

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, ... show more

2 spill

Flow, run or fall out and become lost:
— The milk spilled across the floor.
— The wine spilled onto the table.

synonym: run out.

Roget 818: be prodigal etc. adj.; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in [Slang]; pay through the nose etc. (dear) 814; spill, ... show more

3 spill

Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over:
— Spill the beans all over the table.

synonyms: disgorge, shed.

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, ... show more

Dutch: vergieten, werpen, afwerpen, storten, knoeien, morsen

4 spill

Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities:
— Spill blood.

synonyms: pour forth, shed.

Dutch: morsen

5 spill

Reveal information:
— The former employee spilled all the details.

synonym: talk.

6 spill

Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail).


Moby thesaurus: Mystik tape, Scotch tape, accident, acknowledge, adhesive tape, admit, admit everything, allow, alluvion, alluvium, avow, babble, band, bandage, batten, be indiscreet, be unguarded, belt, betray, betray a confidence ... show more.

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