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How to pronounce spill in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms run out
Type of flow, course, run, feed
Has types well over, brim over, overflow, overrun, run over
Verb group splatter, slop


The milk spilled across the floor.
The wine spilled onto the table.
Type Words
Synonyms pour forth, shed
Type of pour


spill blood.
Type Words
Synonyms release, spillage
Type of flow, stream
Type Words
Synonyms disgorge, shed
Type of displace, move
Has types seed
Verb group slop, splatter


spill the beans all over the table.
Type Words
Synonyms talk
Type of tell
Verb group blab out, spill the beans, blab, babble out, babble, peach, talk, tattle, let the cat out of the bag, sing


The former employee spilled all the details.
Type Words
Synonyms fall, tumble
Type of slip, trip
Has types pratfall, wipeout


he had a nasty spill on the ice.
Type Words
Synonyms spillway, wasteweir
Type of conduit
Type Words
Synonyms slop, splatter
Type of displace, move
Verb group shed, disgorge, run out
Derivation spillage, spiller


spill the milk.
Type Words
Type of liquid


clean up the spills.
Type Words
Type of cut back, trim down, reduce, cut, bring down, trim, cut down, trim back

Examples of spill

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The keyboard is spill-resistant too for peace of mind against accidental spills.
From the online.wsj.com
Many Gulf Coast residents have reported smelling the spill during the past week.
From the kentucky.com
Newfound optimism is beginning to spill over into other segments of the economy.
From the businessweek.com
It plans to sell $30 billion in assets to help cover costs related to the spill.
From the dailyherald.com
There would be something fitting about that, in a sick sense of oil-spill irony.
From the newsweek.com
Do you rate the government's response to this oil spill as negative or positive?
From the abcnews.go.com
I am careful not to spill any fuel and to stop fueling when the pump clicks off.
From the kentucky.com
However, those plans didn't envision a spill of this magnitude or at this depth.
From the kentucky.com
From there, the information is forwarded to a command team overseeing the spill.
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More examples
  • Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
  • Liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
  • Flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
  • Spillway: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
  • The act of allowing a fluid to escape
  • A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
  • Spill were a dance duo, whose members were William Orbit and Beth Orton. They released one single under the moniker, Don't Wanna Know About Evil in 1993, on the Virgin record label, to the Japanese market. It was released in the UK, several years later.
  • Spill.com is an award-winning movie review, discussion, and news website created by cartoonist and animator Korey Coleman. It is the continuation of the 9 year old Austin, Texas based cable-access show called The Reel Deal. ...
  • 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; To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour; To spread out or fall out, as above