still
The definition of still is someone or something that is quiet, calm or not moving.
(adjective)An example of still is a person sleeping quietly and not moving.
Still is defined as without movement or up until an indicated time.
(adverb)- An example of still used as an adverb is the phrase stand still which means to stand without moving around.
- An example of still is something that was happening and continues to happen, it's still happening.
See still in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- without sound; quiet; silent
- hushed, soft, or low in sound
- not moving; stationary; at rest; motionless: following stand, sit, lie, etc., sometimes regarded as an adverb
- characterized by little or no commotion or agitation; tranquil; calm; serene: the still water of the lake
- not effervescent or bubbling: said of wine
- Film designating or of a single posed photograph or a photograph made from a single frame of a filmed sequence or scene, for use as in publicity
Origin: ME < OE stille, akin to Ger still < IE *stelnu- < base *stel-, to place, set up, standing, immobile > stalk, stall, L locus, place, Gr stēlē, a post
noun
- silence; quiet: in the still of the night
- Film a still photograph
adverb
- at or up to the time indicated, whether past, present, or future
- even; yet: used as an intensifier with a comparative form, etc.: cold yesterday, but still colder today
- nevertheless; even then [rich but still unhappy]; often used as a conjunctive adverb [he failed; still, he never stopped trying]
- Archaic ever; constantly
transitive verb
- to make silent
- to make motionless
- to calm; relieve
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- stillness noun
noun
- an apparatus used for distilling liquids, esp. alcoholic liquors
- distillery
Origin: < obs. still, to distill < L stillare, to drop, drip, trickle < stilla, a drop < *stir(a)la, dim. of stiria, a drop: see stone
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to distill
- Dialectal to distill (alcoholic liquor) illegally
See still in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective still·er, still·est
- Free of sound.
- Low in sound; hushed or subdued.
- Not moving or in motion.
- Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion.
- Free from a noticeable current: a still pond; still waters.
- Not carbonated; lacking effervescence: a still wine.
- Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- Silence; quiet: the still of the night.
- A still photograph, especially one taken from a scene of a movie and used for promotional purposes.
- A still-life picture.
- Without movement; motionlessly: stand still.
- a. At the present time; for the present: We are still waiting.b. Up to or at a specified time; yet: still had not made up her mind.c. At a future time; eventually: may still see the error of his ways.
- In increasing amount or degree; even: and still further complaints.
- In addition; besides: had still another helping.
- All the same; nevertheless.
- To make still or tranquil.
- To make quiet; silence.
- To make motionless.
- To allay; calm: The parents stilled their child's fears of the dark.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English stille; see stel- in Indo-European roots
.noun
- An apparatus for distilling liquids, such as alcohols, consisting of a vessel in which the substance is vaporized by heat and a cooling device in which the vapor is condensed.
- A distillery.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English stillen, to distill
Origin: , from distillen; see distill
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