adjective

1. without sound; quiet; silent
2. hushed, soft, or low in sound
3. not moving; stationary; at rest; motionless: following stand, sit, lie, etc., sometimes regarded as an adverb
4. characterized by little or no commotion or agitation; tranquil; calm; serene the still water of the lake
5. not effervescent or bubbling: said of wine
6. 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

Etymology: 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

1. silence; quiet in the still of the night
2. Film a still photograph

adverb

1. at or up to the time indicated, whether past, present, or future
2. even; yet: used as an intensifier with a comparative form, etc. cold yesterday, but still colder today
3. nevertheless; even then [rich but still unhappy]; often used as a conjunctive adverb [he failed; still, he never stopped trying]
4. Archaic ever; constantly

transitive verb

intransitive verb

noun

1. an apparatus used for distilling liquids, esp. alcoholic liquors
2. distillery

Etymology: < 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

1. to distill
2. Dialectal to distill (alcoholic liquor) illegally