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3 entries found for spill. To select an entry, click on it. (Click 'Go' if nothing happens.) Main Entry: 1spill  Pronunciation: 'spil Function: verb Inflected Form(s): spilled /'spild, 'spilt /; also spilt /'spilt/; spill·ingEtymology: Middle English, from Old English spillan; akin to Old English spildan to destroy and perhaps to Latin spolium animal skin, Greek sphallein to cause to fall Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1 a archaic : KILL, DESTROY b : to cause (blood) to be lost by wounding 2 : to cause or allow especially accidentally or unintentionally to fall, flow, or run out so as to be lost or wasted 3 a : to relieve (a sail) from the pressure of the wind so as to reef or furl it b : to relieve the pressure of (wind) on a sail by coming about or by adjusting the sail with lines 4 : to throw off or out <a horse spilled him> 5 : to let out : DIVULGE <spill a secret> intransitive verb 1 a : to flow, run, or fall out, over, or off and become wasted, scattered, or lost <water spilling over the dam> b : to cause or allow something to spill 2 : to spread profusely or beyond bounds <crowds spilled into the streets> 3 : to fall from one's place (as on a horse) - spill·able /'spi-l&-b&l/ adjective - spill·er noun - spill one's guts : to divulge especially personal information - spill the beans : to divulge secret or hidden information |
