spill
verb (used with object)
to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully.
have spilt
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present perfectof spill.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Unusually, he noted, stocks have spilt from a years-long correlation with deposits and liquidity.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
“No, no,” she says, not unkindly, more as if I have spilt something down myself.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2017
Bioethicists have spilt a lot of ink doing just that, and many of their arguments have converged on a similar sentiment.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 17, 2012
“Well, you needn't have spilt it all over Miss Anstice's bonnet,” said Philena, laughing.
From Five Little Peppers at School by Hermann Heyer
If there be any skulker among us, blast my eyes if he shan't go down on his marrow bones and taste the liquor we have spilt!
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
