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UK
/stˈɪl/
]
[ US /ˈstɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪɫ/ ]
VERB
- make motionless
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lessen the intensity of or calm
still the fears
The news eased my conscience -
cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church! -
make calm or still
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
ADVERB
-
with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
it's still warm outside
will you still love me when we're old and grey? -
to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
a yet sadder tale
looked sick and felt even worse
an even (or still) more interesting problem
still another problem must be solved -
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
he was a stern yet fair master
although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed -
without moving or making a sound
he sat still as a statue
they waited stock-still outside the door
time stood still
he couldn't hold still any longer
NOUN
- 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
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
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(poetic) tranquil silence
the still of the night -
a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
he wanted some stills for a magazine ad
ADJECTIVE
-
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
the quiet waters of a lagoon
scarcely a ripple on the still water
a smooth channel crossing
unruffled water
a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky
a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay -
not sparkling
still mineral water
a still wine -
marked by absence of sound
a silent house
soundless footsteps on the grass
the night was still -
free from noticeable current
a still pond
still waters run deep -
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
a still photograph
Cezanne's still life of apples -
not in physical motion
the inertia of an object at rest
How To Use still In A Sentence
- Sceptics stung by that debacle may still be wary. Times, Sunday Times
- He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
- I'm still in contact with her - we write a couple of times a year.
- However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
- The only people she would be able to talk to in English would be Ovidiu, and marginally to Rica with the broken language he was still trying to learn.
- He slapped away a few dryads, but they still surrounded him.
- Although he has mellowed a little since then, he is still a long way from being easy listening. Times, Sunday Times
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
- I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
