spill
[verb]
Synonyms:
- pour, discharge, disgorge, overflow, slop over
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fall, tumble

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Related Words: dribble, drip, drop, spatter, splash, spray

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English Thesaurus: pour, drizzle, tip, spill, splash, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. spill¹ S3 /spɪl/ verb (past tense and past participle spilt /spɪlt/ especially British English or spilled especially American English)
[Language: Old English; Origin: spillan 'to kill, destroy, waste']

1. [intransitive and transitive] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container ⇒ pour:
Katie almost spilled her milk.
spill something down/on/over something
Oh no! I’ve spilt coffee all down my shirt!
spill on/over etc
He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers Synonym : pour
spill out/into/onto etc
Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.

3. spill the beans informal to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret

4. spill your guts American English informal to tell someone all about your private life, or about a personal secret

5. spill blood literary to kill or wound people
⇒ cry over spilt milk at cry¹(3)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. spill² noun
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ spill¹]

1. [uncountable and countable] when you spill something, or an amount of something that is spilled:
the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands

2. [countable] a fall from a horse, bicycle etc:
Tyson broke a rib when he took a spill on his motorcycle.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

spill
verb
ADV. almost | accidentally | out, over He nodded, his tears spilling over.
VERB + SPILL try not to | let sth He opened the curtains, letting the morning light spill into the room.
PREP. down, from, into, onto, out of, over I accidentally spilled my drink all over him.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pour to make a liquid or other substance flow out of or into a container by holding it at an angle:
Jessica was pouring more wine into her glass.
He poured me a drink.
Raj poured some water from the jug.
drizzle to pour a liquid onto food in small drops or in a small stream – often used in cooking instructions:
Drizzle a little olive oil onto the bread.
Drizzle the lemon juice over the cake.
tip to pour something out of a container by turning it upside down:
He tipped the cup of milk into the pan.
She weighed out the flour and tipped it into the bowl.
spill to accidentally make a liquid or other substance come out of a container:
Someone had spilled coffee all over the carpet.
The tanker was leaking, and spilled oil into the sea.
splash to pour a liquid quickly in an irregular stream:
Tony hurriedly splashed some cream in his coffee.
Someone had splashed petrol over the steps and set light to them.
She splashed some perfume onto her wrists.
decant to pour liquid from one container into another container – a rather formal use:
Rachel decanted the shampoo into small bottles for travelling.
He often decanted cheap whisky into bottles of more expensive brands.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

spill
̈ɪspɪl
See: cry over spilled milk

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲