noun Download 🔗Share A mess of something that has been dropped. Examples : "The juice spill on the table made a sticky mess. " disaster action thing event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fall or stumble. Examples : "The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week." action event body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. Examples : "My brother used a spill to light the candle for our family dinner. " item utensil fuel Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A slender piece of anything. Examples : "The tailor used a tiny spill of thread to mend the torn seam. " item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. Examples : "The miners used the spill to support the tunnel walls as they dug deeper. " technical architecture building industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. Examples : "The singer's performance had a noticeable spill from the nearby band's drums. " sound technology media communication technical signal electronics music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small sum of money. Examples : "My grandmother gave me a small spill of cash for my birthday. " finance business economy amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill. Examples : "The Liberal party held a spill today, meaning the party leader's position is now open. " politics government organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. Examples : "I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor." action utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spread out or fall out, as above. Examples : "Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor." action event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drop something that was intended to be caught. Examples : "The waiter spilled the juice when he was carrying it to the table. " action event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. Examples : "The careless student spilled his chances of getting a good grade by not studying. " action disaster negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. Examples : "The farmer's crops spilled after the unexpected flood. " disaster outcome action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. Examples : "The child spilled juice all over the table during dinner. " action event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. Examples : "The carpenter carefully spilled small pieces of ivory into the wooden box, creating a beautiful inlay design. " art material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "To reduce the strain on the sails, the captain spilled the mainsail. " nautical sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election. Examples : "The opposition party leader decided to spill the leadership position, hoping a new candidate would emerge. " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reveal information to an uninformed party. Examples : "He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist." communication language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a knot). To come undone. Examples : "The shoelace knot spilled while I was tying it. " action nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading