{
    "term": "spill",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "spill",
            "heSheIt": "spills"
        },
        "pastSimple": "spilled",
        "pastParticiple": "spilled",
        "ingForm": "spilling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to flow over the edge of a container by accident; to make liquid do this",
            "sensetop": "spill something",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Light spilled from the windows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He opened the curtains, letting the morning light spill into the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He startled her and made her spill her drink.",
                    "contextForm": "spill something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I managed to carry three full glasses without spilling a drop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I accidentally spilled my drink all over him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["almost", "accidentally", "out"],
                "verb + spill": ["try not to", "let something"],
                "preposition": ["across", "down", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to come out of a place in large numbers and spread out",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The doors opened and people spilled into the street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the clubs closed, the drinkers spilled out into the streets."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As the saying goes—**it's no use crying over spilt milk**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We don't want to spill the beans yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made the mistake of spilling the tea on her sister's love life."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to kill or wound somebody",
            "labels": "(formal or literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nothing can justify spilling innocent blood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody everything you know or feel about something, because you are upset",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪl/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spill__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪlz/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spills__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪld/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilled__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪlt/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪl/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spill__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪlz/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spills__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪld/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilled__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪlt/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spill/spilling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood)’; of unknown origin."
}