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Still

adverb
1.
With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation.  "Will you still love me when we're old and grey?"  Antonym: no longer.
2.
Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession).  Synonyms: all the same, even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, withal, yet.  "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"
3.
To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons.  Synonyms: even, yet.  "An even (or still) more interesting problem" , "Still another problem must be solved" , "A yet sadder tale"
4.
Without moving or making a sound.  Synonym: stock-still.  "Time stood still" , "They waited stock-still outside the door" , "He couldn't hold still any longer"
adjective
(compar. stiller; superl. stillest)
1.
Not in physical motion.  Synonyms: inactive, motionless, static.
2.
Marked by absence of sound.  Synonyms: silent, soundless.  "Soundless footsteps on the grass" , "The night was still"
3.
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves.  Synonyms: placid, quiet, smooth, tranquil, unruffled.  "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"
4.
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.  "Cezanne's still life of apples"  Antonym: moving.
5.
Not sparkling.  Synonym: noneffervescent.  "Still mineral water"  Antonym: sparkling.
6.
Free from noticeable current.  "Still waters run deep"
noun
1.
A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes).
2.
(poetic) tranquil silence.  Synonyms: hush, stillness.
3.
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.
A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation.  Synonym: distillery.
verb
(past & past part. stilled; pres. part. stilling)
1.
Make calm or still.  Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize.  Antonym: agitate.
2.
Cause to be quiet or not talk.  Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence.  Antonym: louden.
3.
Lessen the intensity of or calm.  Synonyms: allay, ease, relieve.  "Still the fears"
4.
Make motionless.



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"Still" Quotes from Famous Books



... the curtain there is a moment of intense silence. Then the STEWARD enters and commences to clear the table of the few dishes which still remain on it after the CAPTAIN'S dinner. He is an old, grizzled man dressed in dungaree pants, a sweater, and a woolen cap with ear-flaps. His manner is sullen and angry. He stops stacking up the plates and casts a quick glance upward at the skylight; then tiptoes ...
— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various
... what I got, I went with Vincent, the guide (the only guide I ever had), and asked them for some printed matter or photographs, or anything that would throw a little light along the line of their plague-stricken railway; but they still refused to talk. No wonder it has taken these dreamers ten years to build three hundred and sixty miles ...
— McClure's Magazine December, 1895 • Edited by Ida M. Tarbell
... said slowly and distinctly as if he were talking to small children. "Your names will still be as they were." We stared at him blankly and again he nodded. "You have forgotten your names—ah! Yours," he pointed to me, "was Ainslee, and it still is. And you are Monsieur Foulet. But Brice—" he paused. ...
— The Floating Island of Madness • Jason Kirby
... could tell about the girl. In his embrace she had become astoundingly calm. That emotional crisis threatening to beat down all her reserves had passed. She reached up and almost meditatively pushed back the hair from his forehead, regarding him with eyes that were still shadowed but dry. Then she gave him a quick little hug and danced away. It was no time for ...
— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson
... his feet in the still air, the tree-tops began to tremble in the gap below him, and a rippling ran through the leaves up the mountain-side. Drawing off his hat he stretched out his arms to meet it, and his eyes closed as the cool wind struck his throat and face and lifted the hair from his forehead. About ...
— A Mountain Europa • John Fox Jr.


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