still

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet, calm; without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed; moving little or gently; silent; not loud; secret; unchanging, undisturbed, stable, fixed; not vehement, gentle”), from Proto-Germanic *stillijaz (“quiet, still”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stell; fixed, motionless, still, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Not moving; calm
    Still waters run deep.
  2. Uttering no sound; silent.
  3. Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
    • 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.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
not moving

Adverb[edit]

still (not comparable)

  1. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
    • 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.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly): 
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
    Is it still raining?
    It was still raining five minutes ago.
  2. (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)
  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.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
up to a time, as in the preceding time
to an even greater degree
nevertheless
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Noun[edit]

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.
Translations[edit]
a period of calm or silence
photography: a non-moving photograph
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Etymology 2[edit]

Via Middle English, ultimately from Latin stilla

Noun[edit]

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) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
  4. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Translations[edit]
a device for distilling liquids
Catering, stills: Area in restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen
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Etymology 3[edit]

Old English stillan

Verb[edit]

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.
Translations[edit]
to calm down

Etymology 4[edit]

Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.

Verb[edit]

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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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German stilli, from Proto-Germanic *stillijaz (“motionless, still, quiet”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ʃtɪl/

Adjective[edit]

still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)

  1. quiet, silent

Declension[edit]

positive forms of still
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist still sie ist still es ist still sie sind still
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative stiller stille stilles stille
genitive stillen stiller stillen stiller
dative stillem stiller stillem stillen
accusative stillen stille stilles stille
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der stille die stille das stille die stillen
genitive des stillen der stillen des stillen der stillen
dative dem stillen der stillen dem stillen den stillen
accusative den stillen die stille das stille die stillen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein stiller eine stille ein stilles (keine) stillen
genitive eines stillen einer stillen eines stillen (keiner) stillen
dative einem stillen einer stillen einem stillen (keinen) stillen
accusative einen stillen eine stille ein stilles (keine) stillen
comparative forms of still
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist stiller sie ist stiller es ist stiller sie sind stiller
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative stillerer stillere stilleres stillere
genitive stilleren stillerer stilleren stillerer
dative stillerem stillerer stillerem stilleren
accusative stilleren stillere stilleres stillere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der stillere die stillere das stillere die stilleren
genitive des stilleren der stilleren des stilleren der stilleren
dative dem stilleren der stilleren dem stilleren den stilleren
accusative den stilleren die stillere das stillere die stilleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein stillerer eine stillere ein stilleres (keine) stilleren
genitive eines stilleren einer stilleren eines stilleren (keiner) stilleren
dative einem stilleren einer stilleren einem stilleren (keinen) stilleren
accusative einen stilleren eine stillere ein stilleres (keine) stilleren
superlative forms of still
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am stillsten sie ist am stillsten es ist am stillsten sie sind am stillsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative stillster stillste stillstes stillste
genitive stillsten stillster stillsten stillster
dative stillstem stillster stillstem stillsten
accusative stillsten stillste stillstes stillste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der stillste die stillste das stillste die stillsten
genitive des stillsten der stillsten des stillsten der stillsten
dative dem stillsten der stillsten dem stillsten den stillsten
accusative den stillsten die stillste das stillste die stillsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein stillster eine stillste ein stillstes (keine) stillsten
genitive eines stillsten einer stillsten eines stillsten (keiner) stillsten
dative einem stillsten einer stillsten einem stillsten (keinen) stillsten
accusative einen stillsten eine stillste ein stillstes (keine) stillsten

Adverb[edit]

still

  1. quietly, silently

Norwegian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

still

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