Crossword-Solution: SPILL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Spill | n. | A bit of wood split off; a splinter. |
| Spill | n. | A slender piece of anything. |
| Spill | n. | A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. |
| Spill | n. | A metallic rod or pin. |
| Spill | n. | A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. |
| Spill | n. | One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. |
| Spill | n. | A little sum of money. |
| Spill | v. t. | To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. |
| Spill | v. t. | To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. |
| Spill | v. t. | To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. |
| Spill | v. t. | To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour. |
| Spill | v. t. | To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood. |
| Spill | v. t. | To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. |
| Spill | v. i. | To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. |
| Spill | v. i. | To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPILL | anagram | PILLS |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with SPILL (5)
Signa is apt to be skittish at mealtime, when the men are about, and to spill the coffee or upset the cream.
Don’t spill it, for it is nearly gone.” “And what is the Powder of Life?” enquired the Scarecrow, as Tip replaced the box carefully in his pocket.
Burn your love-token, by all means!” Sir Andrew had already twisted the paper into a long spill, and was once again holding it to the flame of the candle, which had remained alight.
There be good reasons why every thern upon Barsoom should yearn to spill the blood of the blasphemer, the sacrilegist; but let us mix wisdom with our righteous hate.
The fierce and brutal raiders would tear to pieces a Christian who had dared spill the blood of their leader.
Quotes with SPILL (3)
I have loved no part of the world like this and I have loved no women as I love you. You're my human Africa. I love your smell as I love these smells. I love your dark bush as I love the bush here, you change with the light as this place does, so that one all the time is loving something different and yet the same. I want to spill myself out into you as I want to die here.
Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us.
See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I’m disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.” Jacin’s concern turned fast to annoyance. “Your ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?”“Iko. My name is Iko. If you don’t stop calling me the ‘ship,’ I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?”“Yeah, hold that …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 117 times in crossword archives (1946–2025).