fountain vs spill

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

spill

verb
  • To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. 

  • To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. 

  • To drop something that was intended to be caught. 

  • To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election. 

  • To reveal information to an uninformed party. 

  • To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. 

  • To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. 

  • To come undone. 

  • To spread out or fall out, as above. 

  • To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. 

noun
  • A fall or stumble. 

  • A metallic rod or pin. 

  • One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 

  • A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. 

  • A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. 

  • A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill. 

  • A mess of something that has been dropped. 

  • The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. 

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