Synonym: cascade, flood, overflow, pour, run over, spatter, sprinkle. Similar words: pill, pillow, pile, pilot, pile up, happily, spit, spin. Meaning: [spɪl] n. 1. liquid that is spilled 2. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction 3. the act of allowing a fluid to escape 4. a sudden drop from an upright position. v. 1. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container 2. flow, run or fall out and become lost 3. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over 4. pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities 5. reveal information.
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121. He also said a 2,000-gallon oil spill on Harbor Island in Seattle had been contained on land.
122. My tears spill out, I am powerless to stop them.
123. A second equally good story describes mopping up an oil spill at sea.
124. The company is trying to lessen the impact of the oil spill on marine life.
125. We watch them chew and spill a bitter spew of chlorophyll.
126. People spill back across the empty space of moonlight,[www.Sentencedict.com] and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.
127. What began as a serious oil spill has become a full-blown environmental disaster.
128. Although the spill is the largest single oil accident in the Gulf, the waters are no strangers to pollution.
129. In flood conditions, however, brimming reservoirs sometimes spill more water than downstream rivers can handle, thus straining the levees.
130. The cleanup of the oil spill was helped by good weather and a lot of dumb luck.
131. Much use will be made of the full-cut-off lanterns, which reduce the minimum spill of light outside the highway boundaries.
132. Crews used booms to contain a large oil spill on the river.
133. She can tell this is just harassment, and she lets him spill his speech.
134. These include retirement areas, over spill towns, industrial centres, commuting dormitories and traditional market centres.
135. Notebooks filled margin to margin with my tiny scrawl spill out-of the desk drawers.
136. This would look appropriate in a rustic or upland garden with plants allowed to grow and spill on to the steps.
137. He reckons it will disappear by the end of 1993(Sentencedict.com), so increased demand will then spill over into higher prices.
138. The countries involved have pledged to offer mutual assistance in the event of a spill.
139. I hesitated to eat the mashed potatoes, lest the little gravy lake spill.
140. The effects of alcohol misuse spill over from private life into the workplace, causing inefficiency and accidents as well as absenteeism.
141. Have a little fun with it and let shapes drawn down a wall spill over a dresser or chest of drawers.
142. But we do all recognise that without that balance, in certain instances, absolutism can easily spill over into extremism.
143. The drive was gravelly, and I had to focus on my steps so as not to stumble and spill Janir.
144. On his way back through the crowd three different men joggle and spill parts of the beer.
145. My shin had struck a boulder on the river bottom during my spill.
146. The mine was shut down last August after a spill of polluted water from a waste pond flowed into a nearby river.
147. The kids managed to spill paint all over the carpet.
148. A number of bird sanctuaries were seriously affected by the spill.
149. I transferred the spill to my left hand, and reached into the bunk with my right.
150. Hard Drive: The part of the computer that stops working when you spill beer on it. Dave Barry