spilled

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
   • I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
2. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
   • Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
3. (intransitive) To overflow out of a designated area.
   • The crowd spilled onto Maple Avenue.
4. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
   • That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport
5. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
   • They [the colours] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship.1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
   • That thou wilt suffer innocence to spill.1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray...

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