Sekirov Dictionary

still

/ˈstɪl/

adverb 6
adjective 7
noun 8
verb 4
forms 8
phrases 2

adverb6

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continuing from an earlier time up to the time being talked about, now or in the past
- Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
- We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
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Nevertheless.
- I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
- Yeah, but still...
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Without motion.
- They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
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To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
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Even, yet.
- Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
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(literary, no longer used) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion. — 1602

adjective7

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Not moving; calm.
- Sit there and stay still!
- Still waters run deep.
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Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- still water; still wines
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Uttering no sound; silent.
- The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still. — 1711
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Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- […] a still small voice. — 1611
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Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion. — 2007
(old-fashioned) Dormant.
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(no longer used) Constant; continual.
- By still practice learn to know thy meaning. — 1588

noun8

A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
A single frame from a film.
A device for distilling liquids.
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A period of calm or silence.
- Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […] — 1901
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
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.
(slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

verb4

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To calm down, to quiet.
- They likewise believed that he, having a full Sway and Command over the Water, had Power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it […] — 1695
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To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
- The knowledge of stilling is one pretty feat, The waters be wholesome, the charges not great — 1557
To cause to fall by drops.
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(no longer used) To trickle, drip.
- And if that any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright, — 1590

forms

stilled · stilling · stilleth · stills · more still · stiller · most still · stillest

Phrases with still

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