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spill over

spill over verb: to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.

Verb

spill over (third-person singular simple present spills over, present participle spilling over, simple past and past participle spilled over or spilt over)

  1. to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
  2. (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
  3. (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
    • undercurrents of popular discontent spilled over into outright revolt
    • That's the warning from RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch, who has predicted that industrial action could soon spill over into other sectors of the economy, following the failure of last-ditch talks to avert the largest rail strike since 1989.2022 June 29, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Strikes set to escalate as RMT issues rallying call”, in RAIL, number 960, page 6

spill over meaning in Marathi and Kannada

spill over in Marathi

to spill over, overflow
ओसंडणे osaṇḍṇe

spill over in Kannada

to spill over
ತುಂಬು tumbu

Forms of spill over

third-person singular presentspills over
present participlespilling over
past participlespilled over
pastspilled over
past participlespilt over
pastspilt over

Questions about spill over

What does spill over mean?
Spill over means to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.
What is spill over in Marathi?
Spill over in Marathi is ओसंडणे (osaṇḍṇe). See Spill over meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is spill over?
Spill over is a verb.
What is the past tense of spill over?
The past tense of spill over is spilled over.

Words near spill over in the dictionary

  1. spill kits
  2. spill one's guts
  3. spill one's guts out
  4. spill one's seed
  5. spill out
  6. spill over
  7. spill the beans
  8. spill the tea
  9. spill vase
  10. spill vases
  11. spillable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spill over (page history and authors); ओसंडणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ತುಂಬು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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