still

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See also stíll, stille, stilli, and Stille

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[edit] English

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From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English

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still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)

  1. Not moving; calm
    Still waters run deep.
  2. Still having the stated quality
    • 2007 January 3, Gerry Geronimo, “Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia”:
      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.
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not moving

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still (not comparable)

  1. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
    Is it still raining?
    It was still raining five minutes ago.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.
  2. (degree) to an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
    Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller.
  3. (conjunctive) nevertheless
    I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
  4. (archaic, poetic) always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
    • 1609 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 5.2.201-202:
      Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.
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up to a time, as in the preceding time
to an even greater degree
nevertheless
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still (plural stills)

  1. A period of calm or silence.
  2. (photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.)
  3. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
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a period of calm or silence
photography: a non-moving photograph
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Via Middle English, ultimately from Latin stilla

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still (plural stills)

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  1. a device for distilling liquids.
  2. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  3. (catering, stills) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen.
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a device for distilling liquids
Catering, stills: Area in restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen
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[edit] Etymology 3

Old English stillan

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still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

  1. to calm down, to quiet
    Still that animal before it hurts someone.
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to calm down

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Aphetic form of distil.

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still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

  1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
      any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright [...].

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Old High German stilli

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still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)

  1. quiet, silent.

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still

  1. quietly, silently

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still

  1. imperative of stille (to set)
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