spill

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Synonyms: still, skill, spiel, spell, swill, spile, pill, sill, spall, spial, shill

Antonyms: still, skill, spiel, spell, swill, spile, pill, sill, spall, spial, shill

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[drop]] something so that it [[spread]]s out or makes a [[mess]]; to [[accidentally]] [[pour]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To spread out or fall out, as above.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|of a crowd or people within a crowd}} To overflow out of a designated area.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[drop]] something that was intended to be caught.
5. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|also|figurative}} To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|obsolete}} To cause to be thrown from a [[mount]], a [[carriage]], etc.
10. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to [[inlay]].
11. {{lb|en|nautical}} To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily [[reef]]ed or [[furl]]ed, or to lessen the strain.
12. {{lb|en|transitive|Australian politics}} To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

Noun

1. Any [[thing]] that [[has]] [[been]] [[spilled]]; the [[resulting]] [[mess]].
2. A [[fall]] or [[stumble]].
3. {{lb|en|archaic}} {{synonym of|en|taper}}{{ngd|, a [[thin]] [[stick]], [[long]] [[wick]], [[etc.]] [[use]]d to [[transfer]] [[flame]].}}
4. A slender piece of anything.
5. {{lb|en|mining}} One of the thick [[lath]]s or [[pole]]s driven horizontally ahead of the main [[timbering]] in advancing a level in loose ground.
6. {{lb|en|sound recording}} The situation where sound is picked up by a [[microphone]] from a source other than that which is intended.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A small sum of money.
8. {{lb|en|Australian politics}} A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of {{l|en|leadership spill}}.

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