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What does spill mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word spill? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
  2. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
  3. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
  4. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
  5. (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
  6. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
  7. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
  8. (nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
Noun
  1. (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
  2. A fall or stumble.
  3. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
  4. A slender piece of anything.
    1. A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
    2. A metallic rod or pin.
  5. (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
  6. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
  7. (obsolete) A small sum of money.
  8. (politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill
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