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spill

Definitions


[spɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally
(e.g: you'll spill that tea if you're not careful)

- reveal (confidential information) to someone
(e.g: there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets)

- cause to fall off a horse or bicycle
(e.g: the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider)

- (in the context of ball games) drop (the ball)

- let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets


Phrases:
- spill blood
- spill one's guts
- spill the beans

Origin:
Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood’); of unknown origin


[spɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt
(e.g: wipe up spills immediately)

- a fall from a horse or bicycle

- a vacating of all or several posts in a cabinet or parliamentary party to allow reorganization after an important change of office


Phrases:
- spill blood
- spill one's guts
- spill the beans

Origin:
Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood’); of unknown origin


[spɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, candle, etc.
(e.g: open the gas tap and immediately place the lit end of the spill over the top of the burner)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘sharp fragment of wood’): obscurely related to spile. The current sense dates from the early 19th century




definition by Oxford Dictionaries




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