NOUN | substance | spill | liquid / liquid that is spilled / spilled |
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artifact | spill, spillway, wasteweir | a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | |
act | spill, spillage, release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape | |
act | spill, tumble, fall | a sudden drop from an upright position | |
VERB | contact | spill, slop, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container |
motion | spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost | |
contact | spill, shed, disgorge | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run ... / run out or over | |
contact | spill, shed, pour forth | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities | |
communication | spill, talk | reveal information | |
change | spill | reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) |
Sounds | spih'l | |
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Rhymes | Advil ... zill: 103 rhymes with ihl... |
Meaning | liquid / liquid that is spilled / spilled. | |
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Example | "clean up the spills" | |
Broader | liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume |
Spanish | derrame | |
Catalan | vessada | |
Verbs | spill | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities |
spill | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | |
spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost |
Meaning | A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction. | |
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Synonyms | spillway, wasteweir | |
Broader | conduit | A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass |
Spanish | aliviadero, derramadero, vertedor, wasteweir | |
Catalan | sobreeixidor, wasteweir | |
Verbs | spill | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container |
Meaning | The act of allowing a fluid to escape. | |
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Synonyms | spillage, release | |
Broader | flow, stream | The act of flowing or streaming |
Spanish | derrame | |
Catalan | vessada | |
Verbs | spill | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities |
spill | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | |
spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost |
Meaning | A sudden drop from an upright position. | |
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Example | "he had a nasty spill on the ice" | |
Synonyms | tumble, fall | |
Narrower | pratfall | A fall onto your buttocks |
wipeout | A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) | |
Broader | slip, trip | An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
Spanish | caída | |
Catalan | caiguda |
Meaning | Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | The women spill water into the bowl | |
Example | "spill the milk" | |
Synonyms | slop, splatter | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Similar to | spill, shed, disgorge | Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run ... / run out or over |
spill, run out | Flow, run or fall out and become lost | |
Spanish | derramar, desparramarse, desparramar, salpicar, verterse, verter | |
Catalan | abocar, arrosar, brufar, escampar-se, escampar, esquitxar, vessar-se, vessar | |
Nouns | spill, spillage | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
spill | a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | |
spill | liquid / liquid that is spilled / spilled | |
spiller | an attacker who sheds or spills blood |
Meaning | Flow, run or fall out and become lost. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Model | Water and oil spill into the bowl | |
Examples |
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Synonym | run out | |
Narrower | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over | Flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
Similar to | spill, slop, splatter | Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container |
Spanish | derramarse, derramar, verterse, verter | |
Catalan | abocar, escampar-se, vessar-se, vessar | |
Nouns | spill | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
spill | liquid / liquid that is spilled / spilled |
Meaning | Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run ... / run out or over. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "spill the beans all over the table" | |
Synonyms | shed, disgorge | |
Narrower | seed | go to seed |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Similar to | spill, slop, splatter | Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container |
Spanish | derramar, desparramar, verter | |
Catalan | abocar, escampar, vessar-se, vessar |
Meaning | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "spill blood" | |
Synonyms | shed, pour forth | |
Broader | pour | Cause to run |
Spanish | derramarse, derramar, verter | |
Catalan | escampar-se, vessar | |
Nouns | spill | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
spill | liquid / liquid that is spilled / spilled |
Meaning | reveal information. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The former employee spilled all the details" | |
Synonym | talk | |
Broader | tell | Let something be known |
Similar to | spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out | divulge confidential information or secrets |
Spanish | hablar |
Meaning | Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | sailing | riding in a sailboat |
Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
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