spillen

Middle English

/ˈspilən/

verb
Definitions
  • To slaughter, eliminate; to cause the death of.
  • To pass away; to face death or the end of life.
  • To demolish, liquidate, or ruin; to make barren or turn into wasteland.
  • To extirpate, or extinguish; to totally ruin.
  • To smash, split, or sunder.
  • To disappear; to be demolished or smashed.
  • To cause disorder and chaos; to wreck or totally damage usually used figuratively
  • To damage, harm, or hurt; to ruin or interrupt used figuratively
  • To spill; to run out or leak; to splurt
  • To misuse; to use ineffectively or erroneously.
  • (Christianity) To punish by sending to Hell.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English spillan inherited from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (spoil, destroy, ruin, murder, kill).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*spilþijaną

Gloss

spoil, destroy, ruin, murder, kill

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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