spill

Definitions

• (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
• (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
• (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
• To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
• (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
• To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
• To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
• (nautical) 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.
• (transitive) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
• (transitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.
• (of a knot). To come undone.