Definitions for STILL
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Princeton's WordNet(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stillnoun

   a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

   "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"

2. hush, stillness, stillnoun

   (poetic) tranquil silence

   "the still of the night"

3. stillnoun

   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

4. distillery, stilladjective

   a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

5. inactive, motionless, static, stilladjective

   not in physical motion

   "the inertia of an object at rest"

6. silent, soundless, stilladjective

   marked by absence of sound

   "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

7. placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffledadjective

   (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

   "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"

8. stilladjective

   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"

9. still, noneffervescentadjective

   not sparkling

   "a still wine"; "still mineral water"

10. stillverb

    free from noticeable current

    "a still pond"; "still waters run deep"

11. calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, stillverb

    make calm or still

    "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

12. hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush upverb

    cause to be quiet or not talk

    "Please silence the children in the church!"

13. still, allay, relieve, easeverb

    lessen the intensity of or calm

    "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

14. stilladverb

    make motionless

15. stilladverb

    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?"

16. however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstandingadverb

    despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

    "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"

17. even, yet, stilladverb

    to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

    "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"

18. still, stock-stilladverb

    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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stilladjective

   Etymology: stil, Dutch.

   1. Silent; uttering no noise. It is well observed by Franciscus Junius, that st is the sound commanding silence.

   We do not act, that often jest and laugh:
   ’Tis old but true, still swine eat all the draugh. William Shakespeare.

   Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes,
   And still conclusion, shall acquire no honour,
   Demuring upon me. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   The storm was laid, the winds retir’d,
   Obedient to thy will;
   The sea that roar’d at thy command,
   At thy command was still. Addison.

   2. Quiet; calm.

   Atin when he spied
   Thus in still waves of deep delight to wade,
   Fiercely approaching to him loudly cry’d. Fairy Queen.

   From hence my lines and I depart,
   I to my soft still walks, they to my heart;
   I to the nurse, they to the child of art. John Donne.

   Religious pleasure moves gently, and therefore constantly. It does not affect by rapture, but is like the pleasure of health, which is still and sober. Robert South, Sermons.

   Hope quickens all the still parts of life, and keeps the mind awake in her most remiss and indolent hours. Addison.

   Silius Italicus has represented it as a very gentle and still river, in the beautiful description he has given of it. Addison.

   How all things listen, while thy muse complains;
   Such silence waits on philomela’s strains,
   In some still ev’ning, when the whisp’ring breeze
   Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Alexander Pope.

   3. Motionless.

   Gyrecia sit still, but with no still pensiveness. Philip Sidney.

   Though the body really moves, yet not changing perceiveable distance with other bodies, as fast as the ideas of our minds follow in train, the thing seems to stand still, as we find in the hands of clocks. John Locke.

   That in this state of ignorance, we short-sighted creatures might not mistake true felicity, we are endowed with a power to suspend any particular desire. This is standing still where we are not sufficiently assured. John Locke.

   This stone, O Sysiphus, stands still;
   Ixion rests upon his wheel. Alexander Pope.

2. Stilladverb

   Etymology: stille , Saxon.

   1. To this time; till now.

   It hath been anciently reported, and is still received, that extreme applauses of great multitudes have so rarified the air, that birds flying over have fallen down. Francis Bacon.

   Thou, O matron!
   Here dying to the shore hast left thy name:
   Cajeta still the place is call’d from thee,
   The nurse of great Æneas’ infancy. John Dryden, Æneid.

   2. Nevertheless; notwithstanding.

   The desire of fame betrays the ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private. Addison.

   3. In an encreasing degree.

   As God sometimes addresses himself in this manner to the hearts of men; so, if the heart will receive such motions by a ready compliance, they will return more frequently, and still more and more powerfully. South.

   The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively we consider them, the more perfectly still shall we know them. Francis Atterbury.

   4. Always; ever; continually.

   Unless God from heaven did by vision still shew them what to do, they might do nothing. Richard Hooker.

   My brain I’ll prove the female to my soul;
   My soul, the father; and these two beget
   A generation of still-breeding thoughts. William Shakespeare.

   Whom the disease of talking still once possesseth, he can never hold his peace. Ben Jonson.

   He told them, that if their king were still absent from them, they would at length crown apes. John Davies, on Ireland.

   Chymists would be rich, if they could still do in great quantities, what they have sometimes done in little. Boyle.

   Trade begets trade, and people go much where many people are already gone: so men run still to a crowd in the streets, though only to see. William Temple.

   The fewer still you name, you wound the more,
   Bond is but one; but Harpax is a score. Alexander Pope.

   5. After that.

   In the primitive church, such as by fear being compelled to sacrifice to strange gods, after repented, and kept still the office of preaching the gospel. John Whitgift.

   6. In continuance.

   I with my hand at midnight held your head;
   And, like the watchful minutes to the hour,
   Still and anon chear’d up the heavy time,
   Saying, what want you? William Shakespeare, King John.

3. Stillnoun

   Calm; silence.

   Herne the hunter,
   Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest,
   Doth all the winter time at still of mid-night,
   Walk round about an oak with ragged horns. William Shakespeare.

   He had never any jealousy with his father, which might give occasion of altering court or council upon the change; but all things pass’d in a still. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

4. Stillnoun

   A vessel for distillation; an alembick.

   Etymology: from distil.

   Nature’s confectioner, the bee,
   Whose suckets are moist alchimy;
   The still of his refining mold,
   Minting the garden into gold. John Cleveland.

   In distilling hot spirits, if the head of the still be taken off, the vapour which ascends out of the still will take fire at the flame of a candle, and the flame will run along the vapour from the candle to the still. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   This fragrant spirit is obtained from all plants in the least aromatick, by a cold still, with a heat not exceeding that of summer. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

5. To STILLverb

   Etymology: stillan , Sax. stillen, Dutch.

   1. To silence; to make silent.

   Is this the scourge of France?
   Is this the Talbot so much fear’d abroad,
   That with his name the mothers still their babes. William Shakespeare.

   2. To quiet; to appease.

   In all refrainings of anger, it is the best remedy to make a man’s self believe, that the opportunity of revenge is not yet come; but that he foresees a time for it, and so to still himself in the mean time, and reserve it. Francis Bacon.

   3. To make motionless.

   He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it. John Woodward.

   The third fair morn now blaz’d upon the main,
   Then glassy smooth lay all the liquid plain,
   The winds were hush’d, the billows scarcely curl’d,
   And a dead silence still’d the watry world. Alexander Pope.

6. To Stillverb

   To distil; to extract or operate upon by distillation.

   Etymology: stillan , Sax. stillen, Dutch.

7. To Stillverb

   To drop; to fall in drops. Out of use.

   Etymology: stillo, Latin.

   His sceptre ’gainst the ground he threw,
   And tears still’d from him which mov’d all the crew. George Chapman.

   Short thick sobs, whose thund’ring volleys float,
   And roul themselves over her lubric throat
   In panting murmurs, still’d out of her breast,
   That ever-bubbling spring. Richard Crashaw.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Stilladverb

   motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still

2. Stilladverb

   uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still

3. Stilladverb

   not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere

4. Stilladverb

   comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low

5. Stilladverb

   constant; continual

6. Stilladverb

   not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines

7. Stillnoun

   freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight

8. Stillnoun

   a steep hill or ascent

9. Stilladjective

   to this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet

10. Stilladjective

    in the future as now and before

11. Stilladjective

    in continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly

12. Stilladjective

    in an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives

13. Stilladjective

    notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But

14. Stilladjective

    after that; after what is stated

15. Stilladjective

    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

16. Stilladjective

    to stop, as noise; to silence

17. Stilladjective

    to appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions

18. Still

    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

19. Still

    a house where liquors are distilled; a distillery

20. Stillverb

    to cause to fall by drops

21. Stillverb

    to expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill

22. Stillverb

    to drop, or flow in drops; to distill

23. Etymology: [L. stillare. Cf. Distill.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Still

   A still is an apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. Stills have been used to produce perfume and medicine, Water for Injection for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and most famously, to produce distilled beverages containing ethyl alcohol.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Still

   stil, adj. silent: motionless: calm, subdued: not sparkling or effervescing: constant.—v.t. to quiet: to silence: to appease: to restrain.—adv. always, constantly: nevertheless, for all that: even yet: after that.—n. calm.—n. Still′-birth, the state of being still-born: anything born without life.—adj. Still′-born, dead when born.—ns. Still′er, one who stills or quiets; Still′-life, the class of pictures representing inanimate objects; Still′ness; Still′-room, an apartment where liquors, preserves, and the like are kept, and where tea, &c., is prepared for the table: a housekeeper's pantry; Still′-stand (Shak.), absence of motion.—adj. Still′y, still: quiet: calm.—adv. silently: gently. [A.S. stille, firm; Dut. stil, Ger. still.]

2. Still

   stil, v.t. to cause to fall by drops: to distil.—n. an apparatus for distillation, consisting essentially of a vessel in which the liquid to be distilled is placed, the vapour being conducted by means of a head or neck to the condenser or worm, where it is cooled by water or other means, and again forms liquid.—adj. Still′iform, drop-shaped. [L. stillāre, to cause to drop—stilla, a drop, or simply a contr. for distil, like sport from disport.]

Matched Categories

1. • Apparatus
   • Comfort
   • Photograph
   • Poetry
   • Silence

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STILL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #116

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STILL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #169

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STILL' in Adverbs Frequency: #17

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STILL' in Adjectives Frequency: #457

How to pronounce STILL?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of STILL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of STILL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of STILL in a Sentence

1. Angela Rasmussen:

   Your body has basically a fire alarm system that's a sprinkler system all at the same time... [ This ] is the first line of defense against different viral infections. When that system is delayed at triggering the alarm, and then consequently triggering the defenses, people tend to have worse outcomes and more severe disease, we're still learning about what makes that delay happen. But that does seem to be one of the major driving factors in how sick people will ultimately get.

2. Rocco Pelatti:

   Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, we have temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, guidance suggests that the temperatures still stay above 100 after Tuesday for a number of days, so it could possibly exceed six.

3. Giambattista Vico:

   The criterion and rule of the true is to have made it. Accordingly, our clear and distinct idea of the mind cannot be a criterion of the mind itself, still less of other truths. For while the mind perceives itself, it does not make itself.

4. Jessica Price:

   At this point we're still kind of at that persuasion stage where we'd like to hope that we could persuade Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner to vote for some common sense gun legislation.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   You know, people think sometimes that public health officials are oblivious to the economic considerations. Not at all -- I mean, we are very empathetic towards that, but we still have to maintain the public health measures if we're going to get our arms around this outbreak.

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