Meaning

15 senses
  1. (transitive)To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

    I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.

    verschütten, schütten

    пролива́тьprolivátʹ, проли́тьprolítʹ, разлива́тьrazlivátʹ

    розлива́тиrozlyváty, розли́тиrozlýty

    pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

  2. (intransitive)To spread out or fall out, as above.

    Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.

    sich ergießen

    пролива́тьсяprolivátʹsja, проли́тьсяprolítʹsja, разлива́тьсяrazlivátʹsja

    розлива́тисяrozlyvátysja, розли́тисяrozlýtysja

    flow, run or fall out and become lost

  3. (intransitive)To overflow out of a designated area.

    The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.

  4. (transitive)To drop something that was intended to be caught.

    fallen lassen, verpassen, vergeigen

  5. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

    verderben, versauen, beschädigen

  6. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To overflow or flow out, over or off something.

    cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

  7. (transitive)To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

    verschütten, vergießen, verschwenden

    cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

  8. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

  9. 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.

    reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

  10. (Australian, transitive)To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

  11. (ambitransitive)To reveal information to an uninformed party.

    He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.

    reveal information

  12. To come undone.

Examples

465 sentences
  1. I spilled my coffee on the carpet.

    Я пролив каву на килим.

    ruЯ пролил кофе на ковёр.

    deIch habe meinen Kaffee auf dem Teppich verschüttet.

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  2. It's no use crying over spilt milk.

    Сльозами горю не допоможеш.

    ruПосле драки кулаками не машут.

    deWas geschehen ist, ist geschehen.

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  3. I almost spilled coffee on my keyboard.

    Я мало не пролив каву на клавіатуру.

    ruЯ чуть не пролил кофе на клавиатуру.

    deFast hätte ich Kaffee auf meiner Tastatur verschüttet.

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  4. There's no use crying over spilt milk.

    Зробленого не повернеш.

    ruСделанного не воротишь.

    deWas geschehen ist, ist geschehen.

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  5. I spilled my wine.

    Я пролив своє вино.

    ruЯ пролил своё вино.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
transitive: to drop something so that it spreads out:
intransitive: to spread out or fall out:
Русский
By meaning 2
transitive: to drop something so that it spreads out:
intransitive: to spread out or fall out:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
transitive: to drop something so that it spreads out:
intransitive: to spread out or fall out:
transitive: to drop something that was intended to be caught:
transitive: to mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste:
transitive: to cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed:

Origin

From Middle English spillen, from Old English spillan, spildan (“to kill, destroy, waste”)

From Middle English spillen, from Old English spillan, spildan (“to kill, destroy, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan, from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (“to spoil, kill, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to sunder, split, rend, tear”).

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Forms

spills, spilling, spilled, spilled
Base formspill · to spill
3rd person singularspills
Present participlespilling
Past simplespilled / spilt
Past participlespilled / spilt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspill
he, she, itspills

Past simpleLesson

all personsspilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spilled
he, she, ithas spilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spill

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • reveal information:talk
  • cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over:sheddisgorge
  • pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities:shedpour forth
  • cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container:slopsplatter
  • flow, run or fall out and become lost:run out

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • spilled coffee on
  • spill the beans
  • spilled coffee
  • spilled his drink
  • spilled some
  • not to spill

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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