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spillest

spillest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of spill.

Meaning of spill

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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Origin of spillest

spill + -est

Questions about spillest

What is spillest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spillest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of spill.

Words near spillest in the dictionary

  1. spilled over
  2. spilled the beans
  3. spilled the tea
  4. spiller
  5. spillers
  6. spillest
  7. spillet
  8. spilleth
  9. spillets
  10. Spillett
  11. spilliard

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