spill
verb/spɪl/
/spɪl/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they spill | /spɪl/ /spɪl/ |
| he / she / it spills | /spɪlz/ /spɪlz/ |
| past simple spilled | /spɪld/ /spɪld/ |
| past participle spilled | /spɪld/ /spɪld/ |
| past simple spilt | /spɪlt/ /spɪlt/ |
| past participle spilt | /spɪlt/ /spɪlt/ |
| -ing form spilling | /ˈspɪlɪŋ/ /ˈspɪlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (especially of liquid) to flow over the edge of a container by accident; to make liquid do this
- Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor.
- The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere.
- (figurative) Light spilled from the windows.
- (figurative) He opened the curtains, letting the morning light spill into the room.
- spill something He startled her and made her spill her drink.
- Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean.
- I managed to carry three full glasses without spilling a drop.
- I accidentally spilled my drink all over him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- accidentally
- out
- …
- try not to
- let something
- across
- down
- from
- …
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of people) to come out of a place in large numbers and spread out
- The doors opened and people spilled into the street.
- After the clubs closed, the drinkers spilled out into the streets.
Word Originverb Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood)’; of unknown origin.
Idioms
See spill in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee spill in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishcry over spilt milk (British English)
(US English cry over spilled milk)
- to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about
- As the saying goes—it's no use crying over spilt milk.
spill the beans/tea
- (informal) to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private
- We don't want to spill the beans yet.
- She made the mistake of spilling the tea on her sister's love life.
spill (somebody’s) blood
- (formal or literary) to kill or wound somebody
- Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood.
spill your guts (to somebody)
- (North American English, informal) to tell somebody everything you know or feel about something, because you are upset
- He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography.
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