SPILLS
/spɪlz/
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Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/spɪlz/
noun
- A mess of something that has been dropped.
- A fall or stumble.“The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.”
- 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.
verb
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.“I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.”
- To spread out or fall out, as above.“Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.”
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
Source: Wiktionary
