All spill synonyms
spill
S s noun spill
- overcrowding β Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- engorgement β The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
verb spill
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- lay on the line β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- blow down β to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
- hit the dirt β to drop to the ground
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- go belly up β the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- welling β a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- let slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- let on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- blathering β foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- flow β to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- let one's hair down β any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- overbalance β to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- come clean β to make a revelation or confession
- fill up β a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
- whelm β to submerge; engulf.
- dime β a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- betray β If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- go public β of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- give vent to β to release (an emotion, passion, idea, etc) in an utterance or outburst
- disclose β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- lay open β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- let the cat out of the bag β a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties.
- exudate β An exuded substance, in particular.