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Definition 2024
spill_over
spill over
See also: spillover
English
Verb
spill over (third-person singular simple present spills over, present participle spilling over, simple past and past participle spilled over)
- To enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.
- (intransitive) Of an infectious disease, to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans.