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 event 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 : "He spilt the ball while trying to catch it. " action event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. Examples : "He spilt his potential by not studying for the exam. " action condition outcome 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 worried his crops would be spilt by the sudden, unexpected frost. " disaster outcome condition situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. Examples : "The child accidentally spilt his juice on the table. " action process 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 spilt the wooden box with delicate strips of ebony and mother-of-pearl. " art material style 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 spilt the mainsail to make it easier to furl it before the storm hit. " 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 Prime Minister's low approval ratings led the party to spill the leadership, hoping a new leader would improve their chances in the next election. " 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 media language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a knot). To come undone. Examples : "The shoelace spilt just as I started my run, so I had to stop and tie it again. " action nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share That has been spilt. Examples : "The spilt milk stained the table cloth, creating a sticky mess. " action condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading