still

still

still¹ [stil]

adj.

[ME < OE stille, akin to Ger still < IE * stelnu- < base * stel-, to place, set up, standing, immobile > STALK¹, STALL¹, L locus, place, Gr stēlē, a post]

1. without sound; quiet; silent

2. hushed, soft, or low in sound

3. not moving; stationary; at rest; motionless: following stand, sit, lie, etc., sometimes regarded as an adverb

4. characterized by little or no commotion or agitation; tranquil; calm; serene [the still water of the lake]

5. not effervescent or bubbling: said of wine

6. Film designating or of a single posed photograph or a photograph made from a single frame of a filmed sequence or scene, for use as in publicity

n.

1. silence; quiet [in the still of the night]

2. Film a still photograph

adv.

1. at or up to the time indicated, whether past, present, or future

2. even; yet: used as an intensifier with a comparative form, etc. [cold yesterday, but still colder today]

3. nevertheless; even then [rich but still unhappy ]; often used as a conjunctive adverb [he failed; still, he never stopped trying ]

4. Archaic ever; constantly

vt.

to make still; quiet; specif.,

a) to make silent

b) to make motionless

c) to calm; relieve

vi.

to become still

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still and all

Informal nevertheless

stillness

n.

still² [stil]

n.

[< obs. still, to distill < L stillare, to drop, drip, trickle < stilla, a drop < * stir(a)la, dim. of stiria, a drop: see STONE]

1. an apparatus used for distilling liquids, esp. alcoholic liquors

2. DISTILLERY

vt., vi.

1. to distill

2. Dial. to distill (alcoholic liquor) illegally