Antonyms for spill

Grammar : Verb

Spell : spil

Phonetic Transcription : spɪl

Definition of spill

Origin : Old English spillan "destroy, kill," variant of spildan, from Proto-Germanic *spelthijanan (cf. Old High German spildan "to spill," Old Saxon spildian, Old Norse spilla "to destroy," Middle Dutch spillen "to waste"), from PIE *spel- "to split, break off" (cf. Middle Dutch spalden, Old High German spaltan "to split;" for further cognates, see spoil). Related: Spilled; spilling.
Sense of "let (liquid) fall or run out" developed mid-14c. from use of the word in reference to shedding blood (early 12c.). Intransitive sense is from 1650s. Spill the beans recorded by 1910 in a sense of "spoil the situation;" to cry for spilt milk (usually with negative) is attested from 1738.

verb slop, drop
verb reveal

Example sentences :

It simply must be done to preserve the equilibrium and avoid a spill.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Spill it all out, I say, an' make the world smell as sweet as honey.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

But I think they'll a' gang daft, and spill bluid like wather!'
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

“Guess we could spill some of it, sergeant,” he declared meaningly.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

One sharp curve in the track and that load will spill all over the place.
Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey

She snatched a spill from the mantel-piece and thrust it between the bars of the fire.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

Hold on tight, boys; and, if we spill, spring clear for a soft place.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

You always want to cut off somebody's head and spill no blood.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Had his hot Spanish blood kept the memory of the dagger that had tried to spill it?
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

He's still so shaken that he'd spill out anything—everything.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

Synonyms for spill

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