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    spill
    [spil]
    verb
    spill (verb) · spills (third person present) · spilt (past tense) · spilt (past participle) · spilled (past tense) · spilled (past participle) · spilling (present participle)
    1. cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally:
      "you'll spill that tea if you're not careful" · "azaleas spilled cascades of flowers over the pathways"
      • (of liquid) flow over the edge of its container:
        "some of the wine spilled on to the floor" · "light spilled into the room from the landing"
      • (with reference to the contents of something) empty out or be emptied out on to a surface:
        "my backpack split, spilling my clothes and books onto the floor" · "the bag fell to the floor, spilling out its contents" · "passengers' baggage had spilled out of the hold"
      • (of a number of people) move out of somewhere quickly:
        "diners can spill out into the courtyard" · "students began to spill out of the building"
    2. informal
      reveal (confidential information) to someone:
      "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets" · "she ought not to be spilling out her troubles to you"
    3. cause to fall off a horse or bicycle:
      "the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider"
    4. BRITISH ENGLISH
      (in the context of ball games) drop (the ball).
    5. sailing
      let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets.
    noun
    spill (noun) · spills (plural noun)
    1. a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled:
      "wipe up spills immediately" · "a 25-ton oil spill" · "their shifting spill of lantern-light"
      • an instance of a liquid spilling or being spilled:
        "he was absolved from any blame for the oil spill"
    2. a fall from a horse or bicycle:
      "Granddad took a spill while riding the bay mare"
    Origin
    Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood’); of unknown origin.
    spill
    [spil]
    noun
    spill (noun) · spills (plural noun)
    1. a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, candle, etc.:
      "open the gas tap and immediately place the lit end of the spill over the top of the burner" · "I took a spill from an alabaster vase and lit the candles"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘sharp fragment of wood’): obscurely related to spile. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally:
      knock over
      upset
      overturn
      tip over
      cowp
    2. reveal (confidential information) to someone:
      reveal
      disclose
      divulge
      let out
      leak
      babble
      betray
      tell
      let on
      blab
      blurt out
      make known
    3. cause to fall off a horse or bicycle:
      unseat
      throw
      dislodge
      unhorse
    noun
    1. a fall from a horse or bicycle:
      fall
      tumble
      accident
      header
      cropper
      nosedive
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