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Definitions for Still

[1] remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
[2] free from sound or noise, as a place or persons; silent: to keep still about a matter.
[3] subdued or low in sound; hushed: a still, small voice.
[4] free from turbulence or commotion; peaceful; tranquil; calm: the still air.
[5] without waves or perceptible current; not flowing, as water.
[6] not effervescent or sparkling, as wine.
[7] Photography . noting, pertaining to, or used for making single photographs, as opposed to a motion picture.
[8] stillness or silence: the still of the night.
[9] Photography . a single photographic print, as one of the frames of a motion-picture film.
[10] at this or that time; as previously: Are you still here?
[11] up to this or that time; as yet: A day before departure we were still lacking an itinerary.
[12] in the future as in the past: Objections will still be made.
[13] even; in addition; yet (used to emphasize a comparative): still more complaints; still greater riches.
[14] even then; yet; nevertheless: to be rich and still crave more.
[15] without sound or movement; quietly: Sit still!
[16] at or to a greater distance or degree.
[17] Archaic . steadily; constantly; always.
[18] and yet; but yet; nevertheless: It was futile, still they fought.
[19] to silence or hush (sounds, voices, etc.).
[20] to calm, appease, or allay: to still a craving.
[21] to quiet, subdue, or cause to subside (waves, winds, commotion, tumult, passion, pain, etc.).
[22] to become still or quiet.
[23] still and all , nonetheless; even with everything considered: Even though you dislike us, still and all you should be polite.
[24] a distilling apparatus, consisting of a vessel in which a liquid is heated and vaporized and a cooling device or coil for condensing the vapor.
[25] a distillery.
[26] to distill.
[27] Andrew Taylor, 1828–1917, U.S. founder of osteopathy.
[28] William Grant, 1895–1978, U.S. composer.
[29] (usually predicative) motionless; stationary
[30] undisturbed or tranquil; silent and calm
[31] not sparkling or effervescent a still wine
[32] gentle or quiet; subdued
[33] obsolete (of a child) dead at birth
[34] continuing now or in the future as in the past do you still love me?
[35] up to this or that time; yet I still don't know your name
[36] (often used with a comparative) even or yet still more insults
[37] quiet or without movement sit still
[38] poetic , dialect always
[39] poetic silence or tranquillity the still of the night
[40] a still photograph, esp of a scene from a motion-picture film (as modifier ) a still camera
[41] to make or become still, quiet, or calm
[42] (tr) to allay or relieve her fears were stilled
[43] even then; nevertheless the child has some new toys and still cries
[44] an apparatus for carrying out distillation, consisting of a vessel in which a mixture is heated, a condenser to turn the vapour back to liquid, and a receiver to hold the distilled liquid, used esp in the manufacture of spirits
[45] a place where spirits are made; distillery

Words related to Still

even, nevertheless, yet, though, closed, smooth, stock-still, pacific, halcyon, static, sealed, stable, fixed, whist, notwithstanding, nonetheless, withal, quietude, quietness, peace

Words nearby Still

stilbite, stile, stiletto, stiletto heel, stilicho, still, still alarm, still and all, still frame, still hunt, still layer

Origin of Still

21250–1300; (v.) Middle English stillen, aphetic variant of distillen to distill; (noun) derivative of the v.

Word origin for Still

C16: from Old French stiller to drip, from Latin stillāre, from stilla a drip; see distil

Synonyms for Still

closed, fixed, halcyon, hushed, pacific, sealed, smooth, stable, static, stock-still, whist, at rest, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, hushful, inert, lifeless, noiseless, peaceful, placid, restful, serene, silent, soundless, stagnant, stationary, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled