SPILL OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spill over mean? 

• SPILL OVER (verb)
  The verb SPILL OVER has 2 senses:

1. overflow with a certain feeling

2. be disgorged

  Familiarity information: SPILL OVER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPILL OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overflow with a certain feeling

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

bubble over; overflow; spill over

Context example:

My boss was bubbling over with anger

Hypernyms (to "spill over" is one way to...):

boil; seethe (be in an agitated emotional state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be disgorged

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

pour out; spill out; spill over

Context example:

The crowds spilled out into the streets

Hypernyms (to "spill over" is one way to...):

pour; pullulate; stream; swarm; teem (move in large numbers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

[A] day when money is likely to spill over you like dollars from heaven will be when action Mars and lucky Jupiter conjoin in your income sector on your five-star day, March 20.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These crevices could be such a good octopus environment that the booming population is forced to spill over into the dangerously warm region outside.

(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)