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spill
1. v. Renverser.
She accidentally spilled the milk.
2. v. Répandre.
He spilled the marbles out of the bag.
3. v. Se répandre
The milk spilled.
4. v. Se renverser.
The marbles spilled out of the bag and onto the rug.
5. n. Déversement.
anglais > anglais
spill
1. v. 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. v. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
3. v. To drop something that was intended to be caught.
4. v. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
5. v. (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
6. v. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
7. v. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
8. v. (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.
9. v. (transitive, Australia, politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
10. v. To reveal information to an uninformed party.
He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.
11. n. A mess of something that has been dropped.
12. n. A fall or stumble.
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
13. n. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
14. n. A slender piece of anything.
15. n.          A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
16. n.          A metallic rod or pin.
17. n. (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
18. n. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
19. n. (obsolete) A small sum of money.
20. n. (Australia, politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill

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I want to spill the truth.  Right now, my genius is dormant, waiting for that crucial moment when it will spill out all over me.  I don't want to spill the beans out of respect for your wife's grandmother.  It hits him squarely in the side of the head, causing him to spill his drink.  There is no plot to speak of, and the characters are well-developed simply because they spill their deepest secrets every time they open their mouths.

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