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  • 21spill — spill1 S3 [spıl] v past tense and past participle spilt [spılt] especially BrE or spilled especially AmE [: Old English; Origin: spillan to kill, destroy, waste ] 1.) [I and T] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over… …

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  • 22spill — spill1 [ spıl ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to accidentally pour a liquid out of its container: spill something on/over something: I spilled coffee all over my desk. a ) intransitive to accidentally flow out of a container: spill from: Oil is still… …

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  • 23spill — 1 past tense and past participle spilt, especially BrE spilled especially AmE verb 1 (I, T) if you spill a liquid or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container: spill sth down/on/over: Oh no! I ve spilt coffee all down my… …

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  • 24spill — I UK [spɪl] / US verb Word forms spill : present tense I/you/we/they spill he/she/it spills present participle spilling past tense spilled or spilt UK [spɪlt] / US past participle spilled or spilt ** 1) [transitive] to accidentally pour a liquid… …

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  • 25spill — 01. I accidentally [spilled] coffee all over my wife s new blouse. 02. My daughter had a nasty [spill] on her bicycle, and scratched up her arms and face. 03. Be careful you don t [spill] the wine on the rug; it ll stain. 04. Thirty three… …

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  • 26spill — [[t]spɪ̱l[/t]] spills, spilling, spilled, spilt (American English uses the form spilled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spilled or spilt.) 1) V ERG If a liquid spills or if you spill it, it accidentally flows… …

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  • 27spill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. overturn, upset; splash; brim over, slop, pour out; slang, tell, let slip. See ejection, disclosure, descent, water. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lose, scatter, drop, spill over, run out; see also empty 2 …

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  • 28spill*/ — [spɪl] (past tense and past participle spilled spilt [spɪlt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] if a liquid spills, or if you spill it, it accidentally flows out of its container Oil is still spilling from the ship.[/ex] I spilt coffee all over my desk.[/ex] 2)… …

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  • 29spill — Synonyms and related words: Mystik tape, Scotch tape, accident, acknowledge, adhesive tape, admit, admit everything, allow, alluvion, alluvium, avow, babble, band, bandage, batten, be indiscreet, be unguarded, belt, betray, betray a confidence,… …

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  • 30spill — I. /spɪl / (say spil) verb (spilt or spilled, spilling) –verb (t) 1. to cause or allow (liquid, or any matter in grains or loose pieces) to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully. 2. to shed (blood), as in killing or… …