spill
Knocked-over drink mess
The verb spill describes the release or escape of liquid from containment, the way you might accidentally spill coffee onto your desk.
To spill blood is a metaphoric way of saying that there is violence or injury to people.
A spill is an instance of spilling, especially a large or dangerous one, like an oil spill.
It is usually in reference to this when spill precedes another noun, in phrases like spill cleanup and spill disaster.
Send liquid streaming out
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- sloshLiquid moving messily
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
- splatterScatter in drops
drip · trickle · soak · drench · wet · douse · flow · stream
Projecting edge or lip
- overfillExceed container's capacity
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- run overStrike with a vehicle
- slopLiquid food waste
cascade · flood · deluge · excess · swamp · surge · gush · torrent
Concealed information
- beansEdible pod seeds
- divulgeReveal private information
- revealMake something visible
- discloseReveal hidden information
confess · admit · betray · leak · expose · tell · blab · gossip
pour
Send liquid streaming out
splatter · drip · trickle · soak · drench · wet · douse · flow · stream · seepage
brim
Projecting edge or lip
slop · cascade · flood · deluge · excess · swamp · surge · gush · torrent · outpouring
secrets
Concealed information
disclose · confess · admit · betray · leak · expose · tell · blab · gossip · inform
seep
Flow slowly through
escape · discharge · exude · weep · bleed · percolate · leach · seepage · overflow · run
knock over
Cause to fall
drop · fumble · clumsy · oops · mishap · mess · slip · stumble · bump · collision
tumble
Uncontrolled rolling descent
dismount · thrown · unseated · lurch · topple · trip · stumble · somersault · wipeout · nosedive
- short I wordsbit, sit, hit, fit, pit
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- everyday mistakesslip, typos, trip, spelling errors, fall
- home injuriesburn, cut, fall, bruise, scrape
- spill the beansReveal confidential information
- spill outExit suddenly and abundantly
- spilled milkIrreversible minor accident
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- spilled the beansRevealed a secret
- spilling overExceeding a container's limit
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