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Still

//stɪl// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not moving; calm.

    "Sit there and stay still!"

  2. 2
    Not effervescing; not sparkling.

    "still water; still wines"

  3. 3
    Uttering no sound; silent.

    "The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still."

  4. 4
    Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time not-comparable

    "To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion."

  5. 5
    Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.

    "[…] a still small voice."

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  1. 6
    Constant; continual. obsolete

    "By still practice learn to know thy meaning."

  2. 7
    Dormant. dated

    "a still spore"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves wordnet
  2. 2
    free from noticeable current wordnet
  3. 3
    not in physical motion wordnet
  4. 4
    used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion wordnet
  5. 5
    marked by absence of sound wordnet
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  1. 6
    not sparkling wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Without motion. not-comparable

    "They stood still until the guard was out of sight."

  2. 2
    Up to a time, as in the preceding time. not-comparable

    "Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago."

  3. 3
    To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. not-comparable

    "Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still."

  4. 4
    Nevertheless. conjunctive, not-comparable

    "I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert."

  5. 5
    Always; invariably; constantly; continuously. archaic, not-comparable, poetic

    "Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion."

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  1. 6
    Even, yet. not-comparable

    "Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark."

  2. 7
    Alternative spelling of styll. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "'Yeah yeah, I'm good still, Stace,' I said."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons wordnet
  2. 2
    despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) wordnet
  3. 3
    with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation wordnet
  4. 4
    without moving or making a sound wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A period of calm or silence.

    "the still of the night"

  2. 2
    A device for distilling liquids.
  3. 3
    a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation wordnet
  4. 4
    A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
  5. 5
    A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
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  1. 6
    an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed wordnet
  2. 7
    A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.; A single frame from a film.

    "One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!"

  3. 8
    The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
  4. 9
    a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) wordnet
  5. 10
    A resident of the Falkland Islands. slang
  6. 11
    A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
  7. 12
    (poetic) tranquil silence wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To calm down, to quiet.

    "to still the raging sea"

  2. 2
    To trickle, drip. obsolete

    "And if that any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright,"

  3. 3
    cause to be quiet or not talk wordnet
  4. 4
    To cause to fall by drops.
  5. 5
    make motionless wordnet
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  1. 6
    To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

    "The knowledge of stilling is one pretty feat, The waters be wholesome, the charges not great"

  2. 7
    make calm or still wordnet
  3. 8
    lessen the intensity of or calm wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall. (noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall. (noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Etymology 3

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall. (noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Etymology 4

Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, from Latin stilla.

Etymology 5

From Old English stillan.

Etymology 6

Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.

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