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unspill

unspill verb: hypothetically, to undo the spilling of.

Verb

unspill (third-person singular simple present unspills, present participle unspilling, simple past and past participle unspilled or unspilt)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the spilling of.
    • If the coffee is currently being spilled, I can't unspill it. And here's the kicker. You can't change the future, because it hasn't happened yet.2016, David Zelman, If I Can, You Can: Transformation Made Easy

Forms of unspill

third-person singular presentunspills
present participleunspilling
past participleunspilled
pastunspilled
past participleunspilt
pastunspilt

Origin of unspill

From un- + spill.

Questions about unspill

What does unspill mean?
Unspill means hypothetically, to undo the spilling of.
What part of speech is unspill?
Unspill is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspill?
The past tense of unspill is unspilled.

Words near unspill in the dictionary

  1. unspike
  2. unspiked
  3. unspikes
  4. unspiking
  5. unspiky
  6. unspill
  7. unspillable
  8. unspilled
  9. unspilling
  10. unspills
  11. unspilt

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