The meaning of SPILL is to cause or allow especially accidentally or unintentionally to fall, flow, or run out so as to be lost or wasted. How to use spill in a sentence.

Idiom take a spill (Definition of spill from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, esp. accidentally or wastefully: to spill a glass of milk. 2. to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding. 3. to scatter: to spill papers all over the floor. 4. a. to let …

Jan 5, 2026 · spill (third-person singular simple present spills, present participle spilling, simple past and past participle spilled or spilt) (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; …

to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, esp. accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk. to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding.

A spill is an amount of liquid that has spilled from a container. She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter.

SPILL definition: to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully. See examples of spill used in a sentence.

Oil spills Preliminary findings show a fatigue crack caused a Keystone Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota The operator of the Keystone Pipeline says preliminary findings indicate a fatigue crack caused an oil …

Sep 18, 2025 · ROCHESTER, Mich. – What started as a chemical spill outside McGregor Elementary School in Rochester is now a death investigation.

She was injured in a spill the last time she went riding. He took a spill [=he fell] while skiing and broke his leg.