spilling
See also: Spilling
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Noun edit
spilling (countable and uncountable, plural spillings)
- The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
- 2005, Margaret E. Owens, Stages of Dismemberment, page 58:
- Such a notion identified woman with breaches in boundaries, with lack of shape or definition, with openings and exudings and spillings forth.
- (figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
Verb edit
spilling
- present participle and gerund of spill
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From spilla (“to corrupt”) + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spilling f (genitive singular spillingar, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of spilling
f-s1 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spilling | spillingin |
accusative | spillingu | spillinguna |
dative | spillingu | spillingunni |
genitive | spillingar | spillingarinnar |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
spilling
- Alternative form of spillyng