English-German translations for spill

Definition of spill

  • To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour
  • To spread out or fall out, as above
  • To drop something that was intended to be caught
  • To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste
  • To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste
  • To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed
  • To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay
  • 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
  • To reveal information to an uninformed party
  • of a knot). To come undone
  • A mess of something that has been dropped
  • A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire
  • A slender piece of anything
  • One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground
  • A small sum of money
  • A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of

Examples

  • I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
  • Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
  • He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
  • The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.

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