still
IPA: stˈɪɫ
noun
- A period of calm or silence.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- A surname.
verb
- To calm down, to quiet.
- (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
adjective
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (obsolete) Constant; continual.
adverb
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- Alternative spelling of styll [(MTE, MLE, slang) usually added to the end of a sentence to add emphasis]
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Examples of "still" in Sentences
- Yet the memory still lingers.
- The rest is still jumbled at the moment.
- Calm and still, yet unwilling to backdown.
- The rest of the article is still the same.
- The lander probably still rests on the surface of Venus today.
- You're still pretentious, but so is most of the rest of the world.
- In commerce they were shrewd, yet still more assiduous and diligent.
- The still living yet immobile cricket becomes food for the wasp's young.
- Female night elves are lithe and curvaceous, yet still muscular and strong.
- Yet the deletionists are still running rampant while the others cower in fear.
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