| still | |
| 1. adj. Not moving; calm. | |
| Still waters run deep. | |
| 2. adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling. | |
| still water; still wines | |
| 3. adj. Uttering no sound; silent. | |
| 4. adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time | |
| 5. adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low. | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual. | |
| 7. adv. Without motion. | |
| They stood still until the guard was out of sight. | |
| 8. adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time. | |
| Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago. | |
| We've seen most of the sights, but we are still to visit the museum. | |
| 9. adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. | |
| Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller. ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here) | |
| 10. adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless. | |
| I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert. | |
| Yeah, but still... | |
| 11. adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously. | |
| 12. adv. (extensive) Even, yet. | |
| Some dogs howl, more yelp, still more bark. | |
| 13. n. A period of calm or silence. | |
| the still of the night | |
| 14. n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. | |
| 15. n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands. | |
| 16. n. A steep hill or ascent. | |
| 17. n. a device for distilling liquids. | |
| 18. n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee. | |
| 19. n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen. | |
| 20. n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery. | |
| 21. v. to calm down, to quiet | |
| to still the raging sea | |
| 22. v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip. | |
| 23. v. To cause to fall by drops. | |
| 24. v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill. | |
