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See also:Stillandstíll

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishstille(“motionless, stationary”), fromOld Englishstille(“still, quiet”), fromProto-West Germanic*stillī, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)telH-(“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate withScotsstil(“still”),Saterland Frisianstil(“motionless, calm, quiet”),West Frisianstil(“quiet, still”),Dutchstil(“quiet, silent, still”),Low Germanstill(“quiet, silent, still”),Germanstill(“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”),Swedishstilla(“quiet, silent, peaceful”),Icelandicstilltur(“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related tostall.

(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short forstill aBenny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory termBenny (which see).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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still (comparativestillerormorestill,superlativestillestormoststill)

  1. Notmoving;calm.
    Synonyms:fixed,stationary,unmoving;see alsoThesaurus:stationary,Thesaurus:calm
    Sit there and staystill!
    Still waters run deep.
  2. Noteffervescing; notsparkling.
    Synonyms:flat,uneffervescent;see alsoThesaurus:noneffervescent
    still water;still wines
  3. Uttering no sound;silent.
    Synonyms:noiseless,soundless;see alsoThesaurus:silent
    • c.1711,Joseph Addison,How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!:
      The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command wasstill.
  4. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
    • 2007 January 3, Gerry Geronimo, “Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia”, inManila Standard‎[1], archived fromthe original on19 July 2011:
      To follow thestill 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.
  5. Comparatively quiet or silent;soft;gentle;low.
    Synonyms:hushed,tranquil;see alsoThesaurus:quiet
  6. (obsolete)Constant;continual.
    Synonyms:incessant,ongoing,unremitting;see alsoThesaurus:continuous
  7. (botany, dated)Dormant.
    astill spore
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Translations
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not moving, calm
(of drinking water) not effervescent
uttering no sound, silent
having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
comparatively quiet or silent
(obsolete in English) constant, continual—see alsoconstant,‎continual

Adverb

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still (notcomparable)

  1. Withoutmotion.
    They stoodstill until the guard was out of sight.
  2. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
    Is itstill raining?   It wasstill raining five minutes ago.
    We’ve seen most of the sights, but we arestill visiting the museum.
    I’mstill not wise enough to answer that.
    • 1627 (indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC:
      It hath been anciently reported, and isstill received.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Edward Churchillstill attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page vii:
      Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere,still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, inThe Economist‎[2], volume407, number8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these daysstill means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  3. (degree) To an even greater degree.Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
    Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry isstill taller / Harry is tallerstill.
  5. (conjunctive)Nevertheless.
    I’m not hungry, but I’llstill manage to find room for dessert.
    Yeah, butstill...
    She'd been here many times before, it was true.Still, she held out some hope.
  6. (archaic, poetic)Always;invariably;constantly;continuously.
    • c.1602,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], lines201–202:
      Lechery, lechery,still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.
    • 1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, inCertain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published1669,→OCLC,page78:
      [W]hereas many Chymiſts vvould be vaſtly rich, if they couldſtill do in great Quantities vvhat they have ſometimes done in little ones, many have undone themſelves by obſtinately attempting to make even real Experiments more gainful.
    • 1712 January 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison;Richard Steeleet al.], “SATURDAY, December 22, 1711”, inThe Spectator, number255; republished inAlexander Chalmers, editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:
      The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he isstill afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.
      The spelling has been modernized.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, inIn Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page64:
      I vex my heart with fancies dim:
      ⁠Hestill outstript me in the race;
      ⁠It was but unity of place
      That made me dream I rank’d with him.
  7. (extensive)Even,yet.
    Some dogs howl; more yelp;still more bark.
    • 2013 July-August,Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 4:
      Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations.Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
  8. Alternative spelling ofstyll.
    • 2022, Moses McKenzie,An Olive Grove in Ends‎[5]:
      'Yeah yeah, I'm goodstill, Stace,' I said.
    • 2022 June 2, Gabrielle Wood, 16:17 from the start, in Teddy Nygh, director,PRU (1), episode 2 (TV), spoken by Halil (Jay Ersavas):
      HALIL: I can't lie, I didn't expect it from you, man,still!
Synonyms
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Translations
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without motion
up to a time, as in the preceding time
to an even greater degree
nevertheless
always, invariably, constantly
even, yet
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Noun

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still (pluralstills)

  1. A period ofcalm orsilence.
    thestill of the night
    • 1901,Good Words, volume42, page 7:
      Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astoundingstill, of an ominous suspense[…]
    • 1983 May,Adrian Smith,Bruce Dickinson, “Flight of Icarus”, inPiece of Mind, performed byIron Maiden:
      As the ground warms, to the first rays of light, / A birdsong shatters thestill.
  3. Ellipsis ofstill water(“nonfizzy drinking water”).
    Waiter: Would you like sparkling orstill?Guest:Still, thank you.
  4. (photography) Aphotograph, as opposed tomoviefootage.
    1. (cinematography) A singleframe from afilm.
      • 1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, inRailway Magazine, page87:
        One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusingstill, showing poorMabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
  5. (slang) A resident of theFalkland Islands.
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Translations
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period of calm or silence
photography: a non-moving photograph
resident of Falkland Islands
steep hill or ascent
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Etymology 2

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Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, fromLatinstilla.

Noun

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still (pluralstills)

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  2. A device fordistilling liquids.
  3. (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  4. (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
  5. Abuilding whereliquors are distilled; adistillery.
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a device for distilling liquids
large water boiler
area in restaurant
building where liquor is distilled—seedistillery
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Etymology 3

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FromOld Englishstillan.

Verb

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still (third-person singular simple presentstills,present participlestilling,simple past and past participlestilled)

  1. Tocalm down, toquiet.
    tostill the raging sea
    • 1695,John Woodward,An essay toward a natural history of the earth and terrestrial bodies, especially minerals,page139:
      They likewise believed that he, having a full Sway and Command over the Water, had Power tostill and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it[…]
    • c.1591,William Shakespeare,Henry VI, part 1, act 2, scene 3:
      Is this the scourge of France? / Is this the Talbot, so much fear'd abroad / That with his name the mothersstill their babes?
    • 1850,Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Scarlet Letter:
      […] withholding myself from toil that would, at least, havestilled an unquiet impulse in me.
    • 1980, Robert Dougall,AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page379:
      Near the pond was the ducking-stool where many a village scold had her tongue temporarilystilled.
Synonyms
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Translations
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to calm down—see alsoneutralize

Etymology 4

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Aphetic form ofdistil, or fromLatinstillare.

Verb

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still (third-person singular simple presentstills,present participlestilling,simple past and past participlestilled)

  1. (obsolete) Totrickle,drip.
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser,The Faerie Queene, book III, canto ii, paragraph xxix:
      And if that any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce tostill into her wearie spright,
  2. To cause tofall bydrops.
  3. Toexpelspirit from by heat, or toevaporate andcondense in arefrigeratory; todistill.
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar),Thomas Tusser,A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel,→OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […],1810,→OCLC:
      The knowledge of stilling is one pretty feat,
      The waters be wholesome, the charges not great
Translations
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to cause to fall by drops
to distill—seedistill

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanstille, fromOld High Germanstilli, fromProto-West Germanic*stillī.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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still (strong nominative masculine singularstiller,comparativestiller,superlativeamstillsten)

  1. quiet,silent
    stillerAlarm. ―silent alarm.
  2. without carbonation
    Stilles Mineralwasser.

Declension

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Positive forms ofstill
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeriststillsieiststillesiststillsiesindstill
strong declension
(without article)		nominativestillerstillestillesstille
genitivestillenstillerstillenstiller
dativestillemstillerstillemstillen
accusativestillenstillestillesstille
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederstillediestilledasstillediestillen
genitivedesstillenderstillendesstillenderstillen
dativedemstillenderstillendemstillendenstillen
accusativedenstillendiestilledasstillediestillen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinstillereinestilleeinstilles(keine)stillen
genitiveeinesstilleneinerstilleneinesstillen(keiner)stillen
dativeeinemstilleneinerstilleneinemstillen(keinen)stillen
accusativeeinenstilleneinestilleeinstilles(keine)stillen
Comparative forms ofstill
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeriststillersieiststilleresiststillersiesindstiller
strong declension
(without article)		nominativestillererstillerestilleresstillere
genitivestillerenstillererstillerenstillerer
dativestilleremstillererstilleremstilleren
accusativestillerenstillerestilleresstillere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederstillerediestilleredasstillerediestilleren
genitivedesstillerenderstillerendesstillerenderstilleren
dativedemstillerenderstillerendemstillerendenstilleren
accusativedenstillerendiestilleredasstillerediestilleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinstillerereinestillereeinstilleres(keine)stilleren
genitiveeinesstillereneinerstillereneinesstilleren(keiner)stilleren
dativeeinemstillereneinerstillereneinemstilleren(keinen)stilleren
accusativeeinenstillereneinestillereeinstilleres(keine)stilleren
Superlative forms ofstill
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristamstillstensieistamstillstenesistamstillstensiesindamstillsten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativestillsterstillstestillstesstillste
genitivestillstenstillsterstillstenstillster
dativestillstemstillsterstillstemstillsten
accusativestillstenstillstestillstesstillste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederstillstediestillstedasstillstediestillsten
genitivedesstillstenderstillstendesstillstenderstillsten
dativedemstillstenderstillstendemstillstendenstillsten
accusativedenstillstendiestillstedasstillstediestillsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinstillstereinestillsteeinstillstes(keine)stillsten
genitiveeinesstillsteneinerstillsteneinesstillsten(keiner)stillsten
dativeeinemstillsteneinerstillsteneinemstillsten(keinen)stillsten
accusativeeinenstillsteneinestillsteeinstillstes(keine)stillsten

Adverb

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still

  1. quietly,silently

Further reading

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  • “still” inDuden online
  • “still” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtil/
  • Rhymes:-il
  • Syllabification:still

Adjective

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still

  1. quiet,silent

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “still”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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still

  1. imperative ofstille
    Still deg i køen.
    Go stand in the queue.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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still

  1. imperative ofstilla

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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still (masculine and femininestill,neuterstilt,definite singular and pluralstille,comparativestillare,indefinite superlativestillast,definite superlativestillaste)

  1. alternative form ofstille

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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still m (pluralstills)

  1. (photography)still

Swedish

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Etymology

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Alternative form ofstilla.

Adverb

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still (notcomparable)

  1. still
    barnet kan inte sittastill
    the child can't sitstill

References

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