Still

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English

Adjective

Still (comparative Stiller or more Still, superlative Stillest or most Still)

  1. Not moving; calm
    Still waters run deep.
  2. Still having the stated quality
    • 2007 January 3 Gerry Geronimo
    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.

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Adverb

Still (not comparable)

  1. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
    Is it still raining?
    It was still raining five minutes ago.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
      Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
  2. (degree) to an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
    Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller.
  3. (conjunctive) nevertheless
    I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
  4. (archaic, poetic) always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
    • 1609 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 5.2.201-202:
      Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.

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Noun

Still (plural Stills)
  1. A period of calm or silence.
  2. (photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.)
  3. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

Noun

Still (plural Stills)


  1. a device for distilling liquids.
  2. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  3. (catering, stills) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen.

Verb

Still (third-person singular simple present Stills, present participle Stilling, simple past and past participle Stilled)

  1. to calm down, to quiet
    Still that animal before it hurts someone.

Verb

Still (third-person singular simple present Stills, present participle Stilling, simple past and past participle Stilled)

  1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
      any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright [...].

Adverbs for Still

alarmingly; desolately; lonesomely; absolutely; strangely; peculiarly; curiously; oddly; gruesomely; pleasantly; comfortably; serenely; calmly; refreshingly; appropriately.

Thesaurus

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English

Etymology 2

Via Middle English, ultimately from Latin stilla

Etymology 3

Old English stillan

Etymology 4

Aphetic form of distil.

Translations

Adjective

not moving

Adverb

up to a time, as in the preceding time
to an even greater degree
nevertheless
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Noun

a period of calm or silence
photography: a non-moving photograph
slang: a resident of the Falkland Islands
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Noun

a device for distilling liquids
Catering, stills: Area in restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen
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See also

Verb

to calm down

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German

Adjective

Still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)
  1. quiet, silent.

Adverb

Still

  1. quietly, silently

Etymology

Old High German stilli

Norwegian

Verb form

still

  1. imperative of stille (to set)
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