still
still
stÉĒl
stil
/stÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "still"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

lacking motion
still definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The still statue appeared almost lifelike in its frozen pose.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

characterized by complete silence
still definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The library was so still that you could hear a pin drop.
āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āύāϰāĻŽ

soft, gentle, or restrained in sound, tone, or intensity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room was filled with the still hum of a distant fan.
āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāϰāĻŽ āϗ⧁āĻžā§āϜāύ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ

(of a drink) not having bubbles in it
Dialectbritish flagBritish
still definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He poured himself a glass of still apple juice to accompany his breakfast.
04

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

lacking any noticeable movement, flow, or fluctuation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stock market has been still for weeks, showing no significant changes.
āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϕ⧋āύ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
05

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻ…āϚāϞ

(of water) not moving or flowing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The still water of the pond was undisturbed by even a ripple.
āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϜāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸ⧇āω āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ“ āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
06

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ, āĻ…āϚāϞ

referring to a single, static photograph or image that does not depict motion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The photographer captured a still shot of the bustling city.
āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻļāϟ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

continuing to hold a particular status, condition, or quality without change
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He remained the still leader of the movement despite recent challenges.
āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

up to now or the time stated
still definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She still remembers our first meeting.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

used to indicate that something may occur later or has the potential to happen
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There 's still a chance we can catch the flight.
āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

showing that something continues without interruption
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They are still working on the project.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ…āϚāϞ, āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇

completely motionless and silent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stood still as the deer approached.
āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϞ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāχāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāϞāĨ¤
04

āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“, āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“

despite what has been said or done
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The exam was difficult. Still, she passed with flying colors.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“, āϏ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āφāϰāĻ“

to a greater extent or degree, often with comparatives
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new job is still better than the last one.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇āϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
06

āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āφāϰāĻ“

used to indicate something additional or to emphasize
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There are still more tasks to finish before the deadline.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

a single shot taken from a motion picture, especially one used for documentation or advertisement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The director shared a still from the upcoming film on social media.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϤāύ

a device for distilling liquids by heating and condensing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist monitored the still during the experiment.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϏāĻŦāύ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻļāύ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ

a facility where alcoholic beverages are produced through the process of distillation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tour of the still included a tasting of their finest spirits.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻĻ āĻšā§‡āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ

a state of peaceful and calm silence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found solace in the still of the early morning.
āϏ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϞāĻžāϰ

a large water boiler used in catering to heat water for beverages like tea and coffee
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hotel used a large still to serve coffee to guests.
āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž

a space in a restaurant for preparing tea and coffee, separate from the kitchen
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The still in the back of the restaurant was equipped with all the necessary tools.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀, āĻĢāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĻĒ⧁āĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž

a person who lives in the Falkland Islands
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was born in the Falklands, making him a proud still.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become calm, quiet, or motionless
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby has stilled after being rocked gently.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something silent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher stilled the students' chatter before the lesson began.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϚāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop something from moving
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His hand stilled the spinning top on the table.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻžāύ āϟāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a feeling, such as fear or doubt, weaker or go away
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The calm voice of the counselor stills my anxious thoughts.
āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ  āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϜāύāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to purify a liquid by heating it and then cooling the vapor to separate components
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The distillery stills the water to make it pure.
āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϜāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

stillness
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