verb, noun
verb (spilled, spilled) (BrE also spilt, spilt )
1 (especially of liquid) to accidentally flow over the edge of a container; to make liquid do this:
[V] Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor. * The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere. * [VN] 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.
2 [V+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. * (figurative) Light spilled from the windows.
IDIOMS
spill the beans (informal) to tell sb sth that should be kept secret or private
spill (sb's) blood (formal or literary) to kill or wound people:
Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood.
spill your guts (to sb) (AmE, informal) to tell sb everything you know or feel about sth, because you are upset:
He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography.
moreatCRYv.
PHRASALVERBS
spill sth<->out
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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