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archaic
     1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W
     2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
     3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
     4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
     5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
pouring
     1. v. present participle of pour
     2. n. The act by which something is poured.
     pour
          1. v. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.
                to pour water from a pail
                to pour wine into a decanter
                to pour oil upon the waters
                to pour out sand or dust.
          2. v. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
          3. v. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
          4. v. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
                the rain poured down.
          5. v. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
          6. v. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
                The people poured out of the theater.
          7. n. The act of pouring.
                The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
          8. n. Something, or an amount, poured.
          9. n. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
          10. v. misspelling of pore
spilling
     1. n. The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
     2. n. (figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
     3. v. present participle of spill
     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
out
           See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
     1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
           The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
     2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
           Let's eat out tonight
     3. adv. Outside; not indoors.
           Last night we slept out under the stars.
     4. adv. Away from; at a distance.
           Keep out!
     5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
           Switch the lights out.
           Put the fire out.
     6. adv. To the end; completely.
           I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
     7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize.
           The place was all decked out for the holidays.
     8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
           The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
     9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
           Wilson was bowled out for five runs.
     10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
           He threw it out the door.
     11. prep. (colloquial) Outside.
           It's raining out.
           It's cold out.
     12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
           They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
     13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi
     14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke
     15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
     16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
     17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
     18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
     19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
     20. v. To eject; to expel.
     21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
     22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
     23. v. To reveal (a secret).
           A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
     24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
     25. v. To become apparent.
     26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.
           I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
     27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
           Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
     28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
           He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!
     29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender.
           It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
     30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom.
           The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
     31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
           The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
     32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
           I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.
     33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
           Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
     34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion.
           Black is out this season. The new black is white.
     35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
           Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
     36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
           Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out.
           The measurement was out by three millimetres.
     37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
     38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
           Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.
freely
     1. adj. Free; frank.
     2. adj. Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.
     3. adv. In a free manner.
           Wine was flowing freely.
     4. adv. Without interference or restriction.
     5. adv. Of one's own free will.
           I will freely help you.
overflowing
     1. n. overflow
     2. v. present participle of overflow
     overflow
          1. n. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
          2. n. Outlet for escape of excess material.
          3. n. (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
          4. v. To flow over the brim of (a container).
                The river overflowed the levee.
          5. v. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
                The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
          6. v. (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
                The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
          7. v. (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
                The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
          8. v.          (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
                         Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
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