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Spill

/spɪl/

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noun

  1. A mess of something that has been dropped.
  2. A fall or stumble.
  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.

verb

  1. To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
  2. To spread out or fall out, as above.
  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.
  11. (of a knot). To come undone.

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Spill is a 2-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.

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