Lexic.us

Definition of Still

1. Adjective. Not in physical motion. "The inertia of an object at rest"

2. Noun. A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes). "He wanted some stills for a magazine ad"

3. Verb. Make calm or still. "The performance is likely to still Sue"; "Quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

4. Adverb. With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation. "Will you still love me when we're old and grey?"

5. Adjective. Marked by absence of sound. "The night was still"

6. Verb. Cause to be quiet or not talk. "Please silence the children in the church!"

7. Adverb. Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession). "Granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"

8. Noun. (poetic) tranquil silence. "The still of the night"

9. Adjective. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves. "Unruffled water"

10. Verb. Lessen the intensity of or calm. "The good news will still her"; "Still the fears"

11. 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.

12. Adverb. To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons. "A yet sadder tale"

13. Adjective. 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. "Cezanne's still life of apples"

14. Adverb. Without moving or making a sound. "He couldn't hold still any longer"

15. Verb. Make motionless.

16. Noun. A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation.

17. Adjective. Not sparkling. "Still mineral water"

18. Adjective. Free from noticeable current. "Still waters run deep"

Definition of Still

1. a. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

2. n. Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.

3. adv. To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.

4. v. t. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.

5. n. A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.

6. v. t. To cause to fall by drops.

7. v. i. To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.

Definition of Still

1. Adjective. Not moving; calm ¹

2. Adjective. Still having the stated quality ¹

3. Adverb. (context: aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time. ¹

4. Adverb. (context: degree) to an even greater degree. (non-gloss definition Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.) ¹

5. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) nevertheless ¹

6. Adverb. (archaic poetic) always; invariably; constantly; continuously. ¹

7. Noun. A period of calm or silence. ¹

8. Noun. (photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.) ¹

9. Noun. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands. ¹

10. Noun. a device for distilling liquids. ¹

11. Noun. (context: catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee. ¹

12. Noun. (context: catering, stills) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen. ¹

13. Verb. to calm down, to quiet ¹

14. Verb. (obsolete) To trickle, drip. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Still

1. free from sound or motion [adj STILLER, STILLEST] / to make still [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: still

Lexicographical Neighbors of Still

stilbites stilboestrol stilbs stile stiled stiles stilet stilets stiletto stiletto heel

stilettoed stilettoes stilettoing stilettos stiling still (current term) still-born still-fish still-hunt still-life

still and all still hunt still life still lifes still room still water still water runs deep still waters run deep still wine stillage

Literary usage of Still

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (2001)
"Of all these Music, still. Cam. still music. Theob. find Rowe i. sleep of all these five et cet. Thirlby, Theob. et seq. 91. fine] See Text. ..."

2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"I saw also that he looked this way and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, as I perceived, he could not tell which way to go. ..."

3. Political Ideas of the American Revolution: Britannic-American Contributions by Randolph Greenfield Adams (1922)
"2 If one still had the temerity to suggest that perhaps that was no adequate reply to the objections which the American colonists were making to the ..."

4. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, Lydia Maria Francis Child (1861)
"still IN PRISON. WHEN spring returned, and I took in the little patch of green the aperture commanded, I asked myself how many more summers and winters I ..."

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