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still¹
- /ˈstɪl/
- [ˈstɪl]
- /ˈstɪo̯/
- /ˈstɪʊ̯/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).
adjective stiller · more still · stillest · most still · stil · stille
- Not moving; calm. Sit there and stay still!
- Not effervescing; not sparkling. still water; still wines
- Uttering no sound; silent. The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.
- Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time To follow the still 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.
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low. […] a still small voice.
- Constant; continual. By still practice learn to know thy meaning.
- Dormant. a still spore
adverb stil · stille · styll · stylle
- Without motion. They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
- Up to a time, as in the preceding time. Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
- To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
- Nevertheless. I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
- Always; invariably; constantly; continuously. Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.
- Even, yet. Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
- Alternative spelling of styll.styll 'Yeah yeah, I'm good still, Stace,' I said.
Similar: though, yet, invariably, uniformly
noun stills · stil · stille · styll · stylle
- A period of calm or silence. the still of the night
- A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- A single frame from a film. One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel 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
- A resident of the Falkland Islands.
still²
- /ˈstɪl/
- [ˈstɪl]
- /ˈstɪo̯/
- /ˈstɪʊ̯/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, from Latin stilla.
noun stills
- A device for distilling liquids.
- A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
still³
- /ˈstɪl/
- [ˈstɪl]
- /ˈstɪo̯/
- /ˈstɪʊ̯/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Inherited from Old English stillan.
verb stills · stilling · stilled
- To calm down, to quiet. to still the raging sea
still⁴
- /ˈstɪl/
- [ˈstɪl]
- /ˈstɪo̯/
- /ˈstɪʊ̯/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
verb stills · stilling · stilled
- To trickle, drip. And if that any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright,
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill. The knowledge of stilling is one pretty feat, The waters be wholesome, the charges not great
Still⁵
proper noun
- A surname.
