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What does spill over mean?

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Verb
  1. To enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.
  2. (intransitive) Of an infectious disease, to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans.
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Thomas plays Baz Wainwright, a troubled lad who has serious problems at home that spill over into school.
Once you have the rocks in place, plant some ivy and creeping violets throughout, so that it will spill over the rocks.
In addition, the aftermath of episodes of bullying may spill over to affect other service users in the ward community.
The lava flow managed to spill over the cooled igneous rock but what little did was diverted away from the town.
Several melees broke out on the field as the game threatened to spill over into all out violence.
Lime green sweet potato vine, white-flowered bacopa, and small-leafed creeping Jenny spill over the urn's edges.

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