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Meaning of "spill" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPILL

Old English spillan to destroy; related to spildan, Old High German spaltan to split.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPILL

spill  [spɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spill is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb spill in English.

WHAT DOES SPILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spill

A spill occurs when the contents of something, usually in liquid form, is emptied out onto a surface, often unintentionally. Spill may also refer to: ▪ Thomas Spilsbury, soccer player nicknamed Spill ▪ Spill, dance duo ▪ Spill.com, a movie review website ▪ Oil spill ▪ Data spill ▪ Leadership spill ▪ Spill, where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source ▪ Virus, an American film about a tanker truck loaded with a deadly ebola-like virus that runs off the road and into an isolated area ▪ Variable spilling, a side effect of register allocation...

Definition of spill in the English dictionary

The first definition of spill in the dictionary is when intr, usually foll by from, out of, etc to fall or cause to fall from or as from a container, esp unintentionally. Other definition of spill is to disgorge or to be disgorged. Spill is also to shed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPILL

PRESENT

Present
I spill
you spill
he/she/it spills
we spill
you spill
they spill
Present continuous
I am spilling
you are spilling
he/she/it is spilling
we are spilling
you are spilling
they are spilling
Present perfect
I have spilled
you have spilled
he/she/it has spilled
we have spilled
you have spilled
they have spilled
Present perfect continuous
I have been spilling
you have been spilling
he/she/it has been spilling
we have been spilling
you have been spilling
they have been spilling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I spilled
you spilled
he/she/it spilled
we spilled
you spilled
they spilled
Past continuous
I was spilling
you were spilling
he/she/it was spilling
we were spilling
you were spilling
they were spilling
Past perfect
I had spilled
you had spilled
he/she/it had spilled
we had spilled
you had spilled
they had spilled
Past perfect continuous
I had been spilling
you had been spilling
he/she/it had been spilling
we had been spilling
you had been spilling
they had been spilling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will spill
you will spill
he/she/it will spill
we will spill
you will spill
they will spill
Future continuous
I will be spilling
you will be spilling
he/she/it will be spilling
we will be spilling
you will be spilling
they will be spilling
Future perfect
I will have spilled
you will have spilled
he/she/it will have spilled
we will have spilled
you will have spilled
they will have spilled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been spilling
you will have been spilling
he/she/it will have been spilling
we will have been spilling
you will have been spilling
they will have been spilling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would spill
you would spill
he/she/it would spill
we would spill
you would spill
they would spill
Conditional continuous
I would be spilling
you would be spilling
he/she/it would be spilling
we would be spilling
you would be spilling
they would be spilling
Conditional perfect
I would have spill
you would have spill
he/she/it would have spill
we would have spill
you would have spill
they would have spill
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been spilling
you would have been spilling
he/she/it would have been spilling
we would have been spilling
you would have been spilling
they would have been spilling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you spill
we let´s spill
you spill
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to spill
Past participle
spilled
Present Participle
spilling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPILL


isopropyl
ˌaɪsəʊˈprəʊpɪl
langspil
ˈlɑːŋˌʃpɪl
minipill
ˈmɪnɪˌpɪl
neuropil
ˈnjʊərəʊpɪl
out-pupil
ˈaʊtˌpjuːpɪl
overspill
ˈəʊvəˌspɪl
pill
pɪl
polypill
ˈpɒlɪˌpɪl
prepill
priːˈpɪl
propyl
ˈprəʊpɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPILL

spikily
spikiness
spiky
spile
spilikin
spilite
spilitic
spill over
spill the beans
spillable
spillage
Spillane
spiller
spillikin
spillikins
spillover
spillway
spilosite
spilt
spilth

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPILL

abortion pill
anti-pill
birth pill
chill pill
diet pill
morning-after pill
oil spill
pep pill
poison pill
sleeping pill
sugar the pill
the pill
travel-sickness pill
vitamin pill

Synonyms and antonyms of spill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPILL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spill» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spill

Translation of «spill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPILL

Find out the translation of spill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

溢出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derramar
570 millions of speakers

English

spill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُهْرِقُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проливать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

derramar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

renverser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumpahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verschütten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こぼす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...을 엎지르다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumpah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm đổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கசிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dökmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

versare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozlać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розливати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a vărsa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χύνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spilla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

søle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spill

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPILL»

The term «spill» is very widely used and occupies the 12.006 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «spill».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spill

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «SPILL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spill.
1
George Matthew Adams
Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health.
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Kurt Braunohler
In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc.
3
David Brock
Eventually the story would spill over into the regular media.
4
Howie Carr
I used to think Cape Wind was a great idea. That was when Ted Kennedy was alive and railing about how he might spill his Chivas if he had to keep maneuvering the Mya around all those noisy seagull-murdering wind turbines. Anything Ted Kennedy was against, I was for.
5
Anton Chekhov
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.
6
Paula Cole
I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and getting up there to spill my guts and connect with my loyal folks.
7
Jimmy Connors
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.
8
Katie Couric
I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.
9
Charlie Crist
When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.
10
Bao Dai
I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPILL»

Discover the use of spill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the ...
Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.
William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, 2011
2
Oil Spill Science and Technology
The National Academy of Sciences estimate that 1.7 to 8.8 million tons of oil are released into world's water every year, of which more than 70% is directly related to human activities.
Mervin Fingas, 2010
3
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics: Fingerprinting and Source ...
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics provides a complete view of the various forensic techniques used to identify the source of an oil spill into the environment.
Zhendi Wang, Scott Stout, 2010
4
Before and After an Oil Spill: The Arthur Kill
Thus, we have before -and-after data about the habitat--the only oil spill anywhere for which this is true.
Joanna Burger, 1994
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Manual on Oil Spill Risk Evaluation and Assessment of ...
This Manual provides: information on oil spill risk evaluation and assessment For The development of preparedness and response; guidance for industry and governments, particularly those of developing countries, In assessing risk And The ...
‎2010
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The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup, Third Edition
Written for the general public as well as those directly involved with oil spill cleanup, this edition provides broad, up-to-date knowledge of the cleanup and control of spills.
Merv Fingas, 2012
7
Oil Spill Dispersants: Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests
The book considers how chemical dispersants work for oil spills, the properties and chemistry of oils (including weathering state), the variables that affect dispersant performance, and the relationships between laboratory methods and field ...
Clayton/Payne, 1993
8
Oil Spill: Disaster
Examines the consequences of the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, when the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, causing environmental and economical damage along the Gulf coast of the United States.
Inc. Scholastic, 2010
9
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Explains the causes behind the BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, the effect on workers, animals, and the environment, and what is being done to help the Gulf Coast recover.
Courtney Farrell, 2011
10
The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster
The stories tell of a shockingly slow response, the struggle to save the stricken tanker, the often heroic but largely futile efforts to limit the spread of oil and clean the beaches, a heart-breaking loss of fish and wildlife, a crippling ...
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spill is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BP to pay £12bn for Gulf oil spill
BP has reached an $18.7bn (£12bn) settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It comes as a US federal ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Santa Barbara oil spill: Authorities, environmentalists step up response
Santa Barbara, California (CNN) Authorities have intensified their response to this week's Santa Barbara oil spill by announcing remedies and additional ... «CNN, May 15»
3
Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Crews Race to Contain Estimated 105000 …
Crews rushed Wednesday to contain a growing oil spill that has befouled a nine-mile stretch of scenic California coastline just before the Memorial Day holiday. «NBCNews.com, May 15»
4
5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Effects Linger And Recovery Is Slow
Five years ago, BP's out-of-control oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Eleven workers were killed on the Deepwater Horizon rig. But it was more than a ... «NPR, Apr 15»
5
Explained: How the Liberal leadership spill will work
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing a challenge to his leadership after Western Australia MP Luke Simpkins confirmed he would move a spill motion at ... «ABC Online, Feb 15»
6
BP May Be Fined Up to $18 Billion for Spill in Gulf
The ruling stands as a milestone in environmental law given that this was the biggest offshore oil spill in American history, legal experts said, and serves as a ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
7
Galveston Oil Spill Threatening Crucial Bird Refuge
A barge that spilled 168,000 gallons (635,000 liters) of oil Saturday into Galveston Bay is threatening a refuge that's crucial habitat for thousands of birds, experts ... «National Geographic, Mar 14»
8
What's the Chemical Behind West Virginia's River Spill?
Nearly 200,000 people in West Virginia have been told not to drink, cook, or shower with the water from their faucets, after a large-scale chemical spill on a river ... «National Geographic, Jan 14»
9
Gulf spill trial: 'Recklessness' at BP, US says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With billions of dollars at stake, the trial to figure out how much more BP and other companies should pay for the nation's worst offshore ... «USA TODAY, Feb 13»
10
BP Oil Spill Settlement Announced, Robert Kaluza And Donald …
BP, the British oil giant, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 14 felony counts related to the 2010 explosion and subsequent oil spill at the site of its Deepwater Horizon ... «Huffington Post, Nov 12»

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