still
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adjective / noun / adverb
What it means
- adjective free from noticeable current “a still pond”
- adjective used of pictures “a still photograph”
- adjective not sparkling “a still wine”
- adjective (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves “a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay”
- adjective marked by absence of sound “a silent house”
- adjective not in physical motion “the inertia of an object at rest”
- noun an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids
- noun a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) “he wanted some stills for a magazine ad”
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- noun (poetic) tranquil silence “the still of the night”
- adverb with reference to action or condition “it's still warm outside”
- adverb without moving or making a sound “he sat still as a statue”