Dictionary entry details
• SPILL (noun)
Meaning:
Liquid that is spilled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
clean up the spills
Hypernyms ("spill" is a kind of...):
liquid (a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)
Meaning:
A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
spillway; wasteweir; spill
Hypernyms ("spill" is a kind of...):
conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)
Meaning:
The act of allowing a fluid to escape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
spillage; spill; release
Hypernyms ("spill" is a kind of...):
flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)
Meaning:
A sudden drop from an upright position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fall; tumble; spill
Context example:
he had a nasty spill on the ice
Hypernyms ("spill" is a kind of...):
slip; trip (an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spill"):
pratfall (a fall onto your buttocks)
wipeout (a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard))
• SPILL (verb)
Meaning:
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
slop; spill; splatter
Context examples:
spill the milk / splatter water
Hypernyms (to "spill" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The women spill water into the bowl
Meaning:
Flow, run or fall out and become lost
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spill; run out
Context examples:
The milk spilled across the floor / The wine spilled onto the table
Hypernyms (to "spill" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spill"):
brim over; overflow; overrun; run over; well over (flow or run over (a limit or brim))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
Water and oil spill into the bowl
Meaning:
Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disgorge; shed; spill
Context example:
spill the beans all over the table
Hypernyms (to "spill" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spill"):
seed (go to seed; shed seeds)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pour forth; shed; spill
Context examples:
shed tears / spill blood / God shed His grace on Thee
Hypernyms (to "spill" is one way to...):
pour (cause to run)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reveal information
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
talk; spill
Context examples:
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk! / The former employee spilled all the details
Hypernyms (to "spill" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
