Stilling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is made still.

    "Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism."

  2. 2
    A stillion. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of still form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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calmingdreamydrowsylullingmollifyingpacifying

Example

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"Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism."

Etymology

Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).

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