spill

/spɪl/ · noun

Meaning

A mess of something that has been dropped.
A fall or stumble.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A slender piece of anything.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

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