spill

🇺🇸 /spɪl/ 🇬🇧 /spɪl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B1
verb
B2

To accidentally let liquid flow out of a container.

Be careful not to spill your drink on the table.

R

To move out of a place in large numbers.

When the concert ended, fans spilled into the streets.

noun
R

Liquid that has accidentally come out of a container.

Clean up the milk spill on the floor quickly.

R

A thin stick used to light fires or lamps.

R

A fall, especially from a bike or boat.

He had a spill from his bicycle but wasn't hurt.

translation

v. To accidentally let liquid flow out of a container.; To move out of a place in large numbers.
n. Liquid that has accidentally come out of a container.; A thin stick used to light fires or lamps.; A fall, especially from a bike or boat.

Word Forms

3rd Present spills
Past spilt,spilled
Progressive spilling
Perfect spilt,spilled
Plural spills