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What (who) is Spill - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Spill (disambiguation)
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spill1
¦ verb (past and past participle spilt or spilled)
1. (with reference to liquid) flow or cause to flow over the edge of its container.
2. discharge or be discharged from a container or place.
3. informal reveal (confidential information).
4. cause to fall off a horse or bicycle.
5. Sailing let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets.
¦ noun
1. a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt.
an instance of a liquid spilling or being spilt.
2. a fall from a horse or bicycle.
3. Austral. a vacating of all or several posts in a cabinet or parliamentary party to allow reorganization.
Phrases
spill the beans informal reveal secret information unintentionally or indiscreetly.
spill blood kill or wound people.
spill one's guts informal reveal much information in an uninhibited way.
Derivatives
spillage noun
spiller noun
Origin
OE spillan 'kill, waste, shed blood'.
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spill2
¦ noun a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, pipe, etc.
Origin
ME: obscurely related to spile.
spill
I
n.
accidental pouring
1) an oil spill
fall
2) to take a spill (from a horse)
3) a nasty spill
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to spill all over, on (I spilled the milk all over her)
2) (d; intr.) ('to pour') to spill into (the crowd was spilling into the streets)
3) (d; intr.) ('to flow') to spill out of (the liquid was spilling out of the container)
Wikipedia
Spill
A spill occurs when the contents of something, usually in liquid form, are emptied out onto a surface, person or clothes, often unintentionally.
Spill may also refer to:
- Oil spill
- Chemical spill
- Data spill
- Leadership spill
- Spill (audio), where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source
- Variable spilling, a side effect of register allocation
- Thin sticks of wood or tightly rolled paper tapers, used for transferring fire, and stored in a spill vase
- SPILL – an acronym for St Pancras International Low Level, the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras railway station in London
Examples of use of Spill
1. Don‘t Miss NTSB sends team to investigate Bay Bridge oil spill Recovery teams try to limit damage from oil spill Oil spill could threaten S.F.
2. Don‘t Miss Russian oil tanker splits in half Spill could threaten wildlife for years Cleaners work to limit spill damage NTSB investigates oil spill Allen defended the Coast Guard against criticism of its response to the spill.
3. Don‘t Miss Recovery teams try to limit damage from oil spill Oil spill could threaten S.F.
4. The spill was the country‘s largest, involving twice as much oil as a spill in 1''5.
5. The ministry placed floating barriers to contain the spill, while two private crews helped to clean up the spill.