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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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