still

Plural: stills

Noun

• a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
  • "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"
• (poetic) tranquil silence
  • "the still of the night"
• 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
• A period of calm or silence.
• Ellipsis of still water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
• A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• A single frame from a film.
• A resident of the Falkland Islands.
• A device for distilling liquids.
• A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
• The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
• A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Verb

Verb Forms: stilled, stilling, stills

• To make or become silent or motionless.
• make calm or still
• cause to be quiet or not talk
• lessen the intensity of or calm
  • "still the fears"
• make motionless
• To calm down, to quiet.
• To trickle, drip.
• To cause to fall by drops.
• To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

Adjective Satellite

• not in physical motion
• marked by absence of sound
  • "the night was still"
• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
  • "scarcely a ripple on the still water"
• free from noticeable current
  • "a still pond"
  • "still waters run deep"

Adjective

• Not moving or making a sound; motionless and quiet.
• 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 sparkling
  • "a still wine"
  • "still mineral water"

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?"
• despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
  • "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"
• to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
  • "an even (or still) more interesting problem"
  • "still another problem must be solved"
• without moving or making a sound
  • "he sat still as a statue"
  • "time stood still"
  • "they waited stock-still outside the door"
  • "he couldn't hold still any longer"

Adj

• Not moving; calm.
• Not effervescing; not sparkling.
• Uttering no sound; silent.
• Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
• Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
• Constant; continual.
• Dormant.

Adv

• Without motion.
• Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
• To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
• Nevertheless.
• Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
• Even, yet.
• Alternative spelling of styll.

Examples

• a still spore
• He tried to STILL his nerves before placing the final, game-winning word.
• Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
• I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
• I’m still not wise enough to answer that.
• She'd been here many times before, it was true. Still, she held out some hope.
• Sit there and stay still!
• Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
• still water; still wines
• Still waters run deep.
• The Scrabble game was eerily STILL as both players contemplated their next move.
• the still of the night
• They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
• to still the raging sea
• Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
• Waiter: Would you like sparkling or still? Guest: Still, thank you.
• We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
• Yeah, but still...

Synonyms

all the same, allay, calm, calm down, distillery, ease, even, even so, however, hush, hush up, inactive, lull, motionless, nevertheless, noneffervescent, nonetheless, notwithstanding, placid, quiet, quieten, relieve, shut up, silence, silent, smooth, soundless, static, stillness, stock-still, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, unruffled, withal, yet, Benny, Falklander, Kelper, akinetically, amaranthine, at rest, becalm, ceaseless, collected, composed, consistently, constant, continual, continuate, continuous, cool-headed, dreich, dull, dumb, endless, equable, equanimitable, equanimous, eternal, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, everlasting, extended, faint, fixed, flat, hushed, impassive, imperturbable, inanimate, incessant, ineffervescent, infinite, invariably, laid-back, lasting, level-headed, lifeless, low, mellow, motionlessly, muffled, mute, never-ending, noiseless, nonsparkling, nonstop, ongoing, pacate, pacific, pacify, peaceable, peaceful, permanent, perpetual, persistent, phlegmatic, quell, quiescent, quiet as a church mouse, quiet as a grave, quiet as a mouse, relaxed, relentless, respite, rest, roolie, sedate, sedent, sedentary, serene, silential, soft, stationary, steady, stifled, still, stock still, stockishly, termless, though, torpid, tranquility, unbroken, unceasing, uneffervescent, unending, unexcited, unfazed, unfizzy, unflappable, unflustered, ungassy, uniform, uniformly, unintermitted, uninterrupted, unmoved, unmoving, unperturbable, unremitting, unruffable, untumultuous

Antonyms

agitate, louden, moving, no longer, sparkling

Related Words

pot still, styll

Anagrams of still