English Explanatory Dictionary

still

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not moving; calm.
  2. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
  3. Uttering no sound; silent.
  4. Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
  5. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
  6. Constant; continual.
  7. Dormant.
adv
  1. Without motion.
  2. Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
  3. To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
  4. Nevertheless.
  5. Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
  6. Even, yet.
  7. Alternative spelling of styll.
noun
  1. A period of calm or silence.
  2. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
  3. A single frame from a film.
  4. A resident of the Falkland Islands.
noun
  1. A device for distilling liquids.
  2. A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  3. The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
  4. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
verb
  1. To calm down, to quiet.
verb
  1. To trickle, drip.
  2. To cause to fall by drops.
  3. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɪl/ [ˈstɪl] en-uk-still.ogg en-us-still.ogg /ˈstɪo̯/ /ˈstɪʊ̯/

Word forms

still stiller more still stillest most still stil stille styll stylle stills stilling stilled

Etymology

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall. (noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Synonyms

fixed stationary unmoving at rest dull impassive inanimate lifeless motionless sedent sedentary still stock-still torpid unmoved calm collected composed cool-headed equable equanimous equanimitable even-keeled even-minded even-tempered imperturbable laid-back level-headed mellow pacate pacific peaceable peaceful phlegmatic placid quiescent quiet relaxed roolie sedate serene tranquil unexcited unfazed unflappable unflustered unperturbable unruffable unruffled untumultuous flat uneffervescent ineffervescent noneffervescent nonsparkling ungassy unfizzy noiseless soundless dumb

Related words

styll pot still

Derived words

bestill be still my beating heart be still my heart digital still camera hold still sit still stand still standstilll still alarm still as a stock stillbirth stillborn still frame still-hunt still image stillish still life stillness still picture stillsome stillstand stillth Stillwater still water runs deep still waters still waters run deep Stillwell still wine stilly stock-still stone-still unstill even still still and all still and anon still got one's communion money still-green still with us the jury is still out still store Coffey still column still Kleinschmidt still solar still stillman stillroom stillage stillhouse unstillable Still's disease Still's murmur

Translations

Bulgarian: кадър Finnish: pysäytyskuva Finnish: stilli Finnish: jyrkänne French: photogramme German: Photographie German: Standfoto German: Anstieg German: Steigung Hungarian: állókép Hungarian: állófénykép Hungarian: képkocka Icelandic: kyrrmynd Italian: fermo immagine Italian: istantanea Italian: fotogramma Japanese: スチール Japanese: スチル Japanese: 静止画 Polish: fotos Spanish: instantánea Swedish: stillbild
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