spill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spill	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for spill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spill n liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction Synonym(s): spillway, spill, wasteweir the act of allowing a fluid to escape Synonym(s): spill, spillage, release a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" Synonym(s): spill, tumble, fall v cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" Synonym(s): spill, slop, splatter flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" Synonym(s): spill, run out cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" Synonym(s): spill, shed, disgorge pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" Synonym(s): spill, shed, pour forth reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" Synonym(s): spill, talk reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spilling}.] To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilled}, or {Spilt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spilling}.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde,G. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.] 1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.] And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill. --Chaucer. Greater glory think [it] to save than spill. --Spenser. 2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. [Obs.] They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship. --Puttenham. Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations. --Fuller. 3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour. Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose. 4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood. And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden. 5. (Naut.) 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. {Spilling line} (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, v. i. 1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. [Obs.] That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer. 2. To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. [bd]He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.[b8] --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spill \Spill\, n. [[root]170. Cf. {Spell} a splinter.] 1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: (a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. (b) A metallic rod or pin. (c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. (d) (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
spill {register spilling}