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spilled

Variant of spill

transitive verb spilled or spilt, spilling

  1. to allow or cause, esp. unintentionally or accidentally, to run, fall, or flow over from a container, usually so as to result in loss or waste: who spilled the milk?
  2. to shed (blood)
    1. to empty the wind from (a sail)
    2. to lessen the pressure of (wind) on a sail
  3. to scatter at random from a receptacle or container
  4. to cause or allow (a rider, load, etc.) to fall off; throw off
  5. Informal to let (something secret) become known; divulge
  6. Obsolete
    1. to kill
    2. to destroy or ruin
    3. to squander; waste

intransitive verb

to be spilled from a container; overflow; run out

noun

  1. the act of spilling
  2. the amount spilled
  3. spillway
  4. a fall or tumble, as from a horse or from a vertical position

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