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 disaster 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 clumsy waiter was spilling drinks all night. " action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. Examples : "He was spilling precious study time by playing video games all night instead of sleeping. " action negative disaster environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. Examples : "Example Sentence: "Without enough rain, the farmer worried that his entire corn crop was spilling to ruin." " disaster outcome condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. Examples : "The toddler was spilling juice all over the kitchen floor. " 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 craftsman was spilling thin slivers of walnut into the surface of the wooden box, creating an intricate design. " art style appearance 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 : "The sailor was spilling the mainsail to reduce the wind pressure before trying to furl it in the strong gusts. " 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 party leader announced they were spilling the leadership, opening the position for a new candidate. " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (of a knot). To come undone. Examples : "The shoelace kept spilling, so I had to retie it every few minutes. " action nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. Examples : "The sudden spilling of juice on the table created a sticky mess. " action process event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. Examples : "The accidental spilling of juice across the table required a quick cleanup. " action physics process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading