the spill

Definition of the spill in English English dictionary
spill: A mess of something that has been dropped
spill: To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour
I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.
spill: A fall or stumble
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
spill: A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire
Kit froze with the pipe between his teeth, the relit spill pressed to the weed within it.
spill: To spread out or fall out, as above
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
spill: To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted
spill: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
spill: the act of allowing a fluid to escape liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
spill: To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste
spill: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
spill: To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood
spill: 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
spill: {v} to shed, be lost be shedding, waste, lavish
spill: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
spill: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" the act of allowing a fluid to escape liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table
spill: Strip of cedar used to light a cigar Never use a Zippo, a candle or sulphur matches to light your cigar as those change the taste, in the case of a Zippo, it ruins the cigar
spill: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table
spill: A small piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by transfer a flame from a fire
spill: An unplanned or accidental loss of petroleum hydrocarbons from primary containment
spill: To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc
spill: If people or things spill out of a place, they come out of it in large numbers. Tears began to spill out of the boy's eyes
spill: The volume of water in thousand cubic feet per second that has gone through the spillway that day
spill: To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste
spill: Affiliate's are computer fed into a 5 wide x 6 deep matrix that is then used to calculate the commission each month The matrix only allows 5 Affiliate's to be placed on each Affiliate's 1st level Any additional Affiliate's are placed below this level within the matrix This is called Spill (See reward program)
spill: To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour
spill: The accidental release of radioactive materials
spill: Release of water from a reservoir over a spillway rather than putting it through turbines to generate electricity
spill: the act of allowing a fluid to escape
spill: {f} cause or allow something to fall out of a container (especially unintentionally); scatter; shed blood; cause to fall, tumble; reveal, divulge (Informal)
spill: A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc
spill: As beam is extracted it passes through an ion chamber (for heavy ions and polarized protons) or a secondary emission chamber (for high intensity protons) The output of these devices goes into an I/F (current to frequency converter) and an integrator This beam current from these devices as a function of time is referred to as the "spill"
spill: to inlay
spill: A strip of cedar used to light a cigar when using a candle or a fluid lighter, both of which can alter the taste of the cigar
spill: If a liquid spills or if you spill it, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container. 70,000 tonnes of oil spilled from the tanker He always spilled the drinks Don't spill water on your suit
spill: To destroy; to kill; to put an end to
spill: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
spill: to spill the beans: see bean thrills and spills: see thrill
spill: Unwanted light which is normally due to a poorly focused lantern
spill: If the contents of a bag, box, or other container spill or are spilled, they come out of the container onto a surface. A number of bags had split and were spilling their contents He carefully balanced the satchel so that its contents would not spill out onto the floor
spill: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
spill: American English uses the form spilled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spilled or spilt
spill: A spill is an amount of liquid that has spilled from a container. She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter An oil spill could be devastating for wildlife
spill: releasing water through a spillway that bypasses a dams turbines
spill: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
spill: A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile
spill: A slender piece of anything
spill: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
spill: Water released through a dam's spillway rather than through its turbines
spill: {i} instance of spilling; quantity spilled; mark made by spilled liquid; fall, tumble; spillway; small scrap of paper or wood for lighting a fire
spill: A metallic rod or pin
spill: A little sum of money
spill: A bit of wood split off; a splinter
spill: beam extracted from the Tevatron
spill: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
spill: One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground