still.
Not moving; calm.
Meaning & usage
Not moving; calm.
Sit there and stay still!
Still waters run deep.
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
still water; still wines
Uttering no sound; silent.
Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
Constant; continual.
Dormant.
a still spore
Where this word comes from
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).
Without motion.
They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
Nevertheless.
I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
Yeah, but still...
Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
Even, yet.
Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
Alternative spelling of styll.
Where this word comes from
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).
A period of calm or silence.
the still of the night
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. A single frame from a film.
A resident of the Falkland Islands.
Where this word comes from
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).
A device for distilling liquids.
A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Where this word comes from
Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, from Latin stilla.
To calm down, to quiet.
to still the raging sea
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old English stillan.
To trickle, drip.
To cause to fall by drops.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
Where this word comes from
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
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