<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>spilled or spilt</li><li>to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk</li><li>to shed (blood), as in killing or wounding</li><li>to scatter: to spill papers all over everything</li><li>Nautical: to let the wind out of (a sail)</li><li>to lose (wind) from a sail</li><li>to cause to fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: His horse spilled him</li><li>Informal: to divulge, disclose, or tell: Don't spill the secret</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a spilling, as of liquid</li><li>a quantity spilled</li><li>the mark made by something spilled</li><li>a spillway</li><li>Also called spill light: superfluous or useless light rays, as from theatrical or photographic lighting units</li><li>Theater: an area of a stage illuminated by spill light</li><li>a throw or fall from a horse, vehicle, or the like: She broke her arm in a spill.</li></ul>