Spill vs. Spilled — What's the Difference?

To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.

To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.

To scatter (objects) from containment

To scatter (objects) from containment

To shed (blood).

To shed (blood).

To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).

To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).

To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail.

To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail.

To cause to fall

To cause to fall

(Informal) To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge

(Informal) To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge

To run or fall out of a container or containment.

To run or fall out of a container or containment.

To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily.

To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily.

To pour out or spread beyond limits

To pour out or spread beyond limits

The act of spilling.

The act of spilling.

An amount spilled.

An amount spilled.

A fall, as from a horse.

A fall, as from a horse.

A spillway.

A spillway.

A piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire.

Simple past tense and past participle of spill

A small peg or rod, especially one used as a plug; a spile.

(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.

(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

(transitive) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

To cause to be thrown from a mount, a carriage, etc.

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

(ambitransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.

(of a knot) To come undone.

(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.

A fall or stumble.

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

A slender piece of anything.

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

A metallic rod or pin.

(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

(obsolete) A small sum of money.

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

A slender piece of anything.

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

A little sum of money.

A metallic rod or pin.

A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.

To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; - applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.

To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.

Liquid that is spilled;

A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

The act of allowing a fluid to escape

A sudden drop from an upright position;

Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;

Flow, run or fall out and become lost;

Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

Reveal information;