spill
1. liquid that is spilled
- clean up the spills
• Hypernyms:
liquid
2. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
• Syn:
spillway, wasteweir
• Hypernyms:
conduit
3. the act of allowing a fluid to escape
• Syn:
spillage, release
• Derivationally related forms:
release (for: release), spill (for: spillage)
• Hypernyms:
flow, stream
4. a sudden drop from an upright position
- he had a nasty spill on the ice
• Syn:
tumble, fall
• Derivationally related forms:
fall (for: fall), tumble (for: tumble)
• Hypernyms:
slip, trip
• Hyponyms:
pratfall, wipeout
1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container (Freq. 2)
- spill the milk
- splatter water
• Syn:
slop, splatter
• Derivationally related forms:
spiller, spillage
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Group:
shed, disgorge, run out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The women spill water into the bowl
2. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over (Freq. 1)
- spill the beans all over the table
• Syn:
shed, disgorge
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
seed
• Verb Group:
slop, splatter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. flow, run or fall out and become lost (Freq. 1)
- The milk spilled across the floor
- The wine spilled onto the table
• Syn:
run out
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Hyponyms:
overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over
• Verb Group:
slop, splatter
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Water and oil spill into the bowl
4. 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
• Syn:
shed, pour forth
• Hypernyms:
pour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. reveal information
- If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
- The former employee spilled all the details
• Syn:
talk
• Derivationally related forms:
talk (for: talk)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Verb Group:
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab,
peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
6. reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
• Topics:
sailing
• Hypernyms:
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down,
trim back, cut, bring down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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