Spill

What do we mean by spill?

To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container. intransitive verb

To scatter (objects) from containment. intransitive verb

To shed (blood). intransitive verb

To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail). intransitive verb

To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail. intransitive verb

To cause to fall. intransitive verb

To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge. intransitive verb

To run or fall out of a container or containment. intransitive verb

To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily. intransitive verb

To pour out or spread beyond limits. intransitive verb

The act of spilling. noun

An amount spilled. noun

A fall, as from a horse. noun

A spillway. noun

A piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire. noun

A small peg or rod, especially one used as a plug; a spile. noun

A throw or fall, as from a saddle or a vehicle. noun

A downpour; a flood. noun

To brace or stay a drift or adit with piles.

A mess of something that has been dropped.

A fall or stumble.

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

A slender piece of anything.

One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

A small sum of money.

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

Words that are spelled similarly to spill:
spill, spell, still, shill, skill, pill, spiel, sill, swill, spall, spile, spilt, spial, spil, spll.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word spill:
oiled, valdez, cleanup, spilled, containment, tanker, rudd, drilling, crude, oil, pipeline, leak, horizon, rig, contaminated, slick, cleaned, gulf, abbott, barrels, beans, offshore, canvas, epa, pollution, disaster, prevention, hazardous, shoreline, liability, contamination, coastline, toxic, ecosystem, impacts, occurred, alaska, beaches, petroleum, environmental, chemicals, response, affected, clean, cleaning, damages, explosion, worst, waters, motion, wildlife, vessel, mexico, tons, arctic, onto, fuel, leadership, accident, marine, blood, fishing, coast, recovery, barbara, chemical, louisiana, estimated, waste, obama, birds, caused, damage, fish, vessels, wine, tanks, ocean.

Words that rhyme with spill:
bill, will, mill, still, drill, fulfill, till, hill, shill, chill, skill, fill, goodwill, pill, kill, ill, grill, until, thrill, instill, til, sill, nil, trill, quill, shrill, rill, grille, distill, brazil, mil, gill, daffodil, frill, overkill, twill, tamil, treadmill, swill, brill, dill, landfill, standstill, downhill, krill, uphill, lil, windmill, distil, deville, refill, rille, sil, ghyll, nill, il, ville, phil, bastille, gil, pil, jill, zill, mille, fil, handbill, lille, sawmill, advil, demille, prill, zil, anthill, fille, seville, albertville, good will, thill, foothill, free will, hornbill, crill, fire drill, ill will, dollar bill, bil, schill, cowgill, abril, dphil, stil, true bill, one dollar bill, bougainville, molehill, belleville, overfill, paper mill, mandeville, wil.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spill:
major, large, accidental, toxic, small, largest, bad, massive, nasty, hazardous, liquid, little, alaskan, big, worst, over, light, single, crude, recent, disastrous, serious, peritoneal, catastrophic, free, huge, occasional, minor, initial, possible, potential, actual, significant, original, gallon, sudden, blue, red, lighted, hot, experimental, hard, green, marine, heavy, excess, intraperitoneal, warm, dangerous, fresh, tear, biggest, hypothetical, simulated, oil, unwanted, infamous, terrible, slow, bright, continuous, wooden, enormous, resultant, tiny, giant, flammable, yellow.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spill:
overs, control, over, back, out, ins, way, proof, ways, water, outs, prevention, response, cleanup, blood, studies, plan, light, off, planning, path, cup, cups, incident, situations, data, condition, disaster, containers, dispersants, removers, box, handling, damage, disasters, incidents, plans, levels, measures, type, modelling, site, equipment, accident, dispersant, remover, operations, pelt, around, treating, survey, emulsifiers, sites, batteries, flow, mode, cleanups, behaviour, phase, fires, legislation, mechanism, regime, compartment, plugs, containment.

Consonant match to spill:
spell, spoil, spiel, spool, spall, speel, spile, spawl, spale, sperl, sperle.

Words that sound like spill:
spill, spil, spille, spell, spel, spoil, spool, spiel, speel, speil, spile, spall, spawl, spal, spale, spiele, spule, sping, sill, spilled, spilt, spills, sil, swill, spiller, cil, cill, syl, spl, sperl, spilth, cyl, scil, cell, sell, swell, spells, supple, sel, spelled, spelt, cel, sepal, speller, sul, stle, sull, spesh, swel, siple, sahel, sipple, selle, sele, psl, celle, cipal, syll, souple, psle, spial, ceol, hspa, seipel, ssl, aspell, tsl, spelk, spaa, cepal, c l, sapele, speld, c.l, spong, spang, spange, apple, cele, appel, aple, appal, ciel, ceil, cile, ceal, apel, eple, apl, epple, apal, appell, epl, cybill, appelle, epal, epil, asbill, epel, aapl.