spills

/spɪlz/

noun

1
A mess of something that has been dropped.
2
A fall or stumble.
“The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.”
3
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
4
A slender piece of anything.
5
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
6
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
7
A small sum of money.
8
(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

1
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
“I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.”
2
To spread out or fall out, as above.
“Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.”
3
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
4
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
5
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
6
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
7
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
8
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.
9
(Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
10
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
“He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.”
11
(of a knot). To come undone.

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