still
[1]
adj
1 usually predicative motionless; stationary
2 undisturbed or tranquil; silent and calm
3 not sparkling or effervescent
a still wine
4 gentle or quiet; subdued
5 Obsolete (of a child) dead at birth
adv
6 continuing now or in the future as in the past
do you still love me?
7 up to this or that time; yet
I still don't know your name
8 often used with a comparative even or yet
still more insults
9 quiet or without movement
sit still
10 Poetic and dialect always
n
11 Poetic silence or tranquillity
the still of the night
a a still photograph, esp. of a scene from a motion-picture film
b (as modifier)
a still camera
vb
13 to make or become still, quiet, or calm
14 tr to allay or relieve
her fears were stilled
sentence connector
15 even then; nevertheless
the child has some new toys and still cries
(Old English stille; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stilli, Dutch stollen to curdle, Sanskrit sthanús immobile)
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stillness n
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still [2]
n
1 an apparatus for carrying out distillation, consisting of a vessel in which a mixture is heated, a condenser to turn the vapour back to liquid, and a receiver to hold the distilled liquid, used esp. in the manufacture of spirits
2 a place where spirits are made; distillery
(C16: from Old French stiller to drip, from Latin stillare, from stilla a drip; see distil)
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