spill

1. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.Examples: "I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor."transitive

2. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.Examples: "Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor."; "He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company."intransitive

3. (intransitive, of a crowd or people within a crowd) To overflow out of a designated area.Examples: "The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue."intransitive

4. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.Examples: "That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot."transitive

5. (obsolete, intransitive) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.Examples: "That thou wilt suffer innocence to spill."; "This winter’s weather it waxeth cold, / And frost it freezeth on every hill, / And Boreas blows his blast so bold / That all our cattle are like to spill."intransitiveobsolete

6. (intransitive, also figurative) To overflow or flow out, over or off something.Examples: "Liverpool Street's 1985-92 remodelling by the British Rail Architects' Department (under project lead Nick Derbyshire) had carefully followed original 1870s detailing, with the concourse designed to allow natural light to spill into the station."alsofigurativelyintransitive