STILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does still mean? 

• STILL (noun)
  The noun STILL has 4 senses:

1. a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

2. (poetic) tranquil silence

3. an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed

4. a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

  Familiarity information: STILL used as a noun is uncommon.

• STILL (adjective)
  The adjective STILL has 6 senses:

1. not in physical motion

2. marked by absence of sound

3. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

4. used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion

5. not sparkling

6. free from noticeable current

  Familiarity information: STILL used as an adjective is common.

• STILL (verb)
  The verb STILL has 4 senses:

1. make calm or still

2. cause to be quiet or not talk

3. lessen the intensity of or calm

4. make motionless

  Familiarity information: STILL used as a verb is uncommon.

• STILL (adverb)
  The adverb STILL has 4 senses:

1. with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation

2. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

3. to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

4. without moving or making a sound

  Familiarity information: STILL used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he wanted some stills for a magazine ad

Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(poetic) tranquil silence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hush; still; stillness

Context example:

the still of the night

Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):

quiet; silence (the absence of sound)

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Derivation:

still (cause to be quiet or not talk)

still (make calm or still)

still (lessen the intensity of or calm)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Meronyms (parts of "still"):

condenser (an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid)

retort (a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "still"):

Coffey still (a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

distillery; still

Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):

industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)

Meronyms (parts of "still"):

Coffey still (a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale)

• STILL (adjective)

Declension: comparative and superlative

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not in physical motion

Synonyms:

inactive; motionless; static; still

Context example:

the inertia of an object at rest

Similar:

nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)

Derivation:

stillness (a state of no motion or movement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marked by absence of sound

Synonyms:

silent; soundless; still

Context example:

the night was still

Similar:

quiet (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound)

Derivation:

stillness ((poetic) tranquil silence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

Synonyms:

placid; quiet; smooth; still; tranquil; unruffled

Context example:

unruffled water

Similar:

calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)

Derivation:

stillness (calmness without winds)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion

Context example:

Cezanne's still life of apples

Antonym:

moving (used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion)

Derivation:

stillness (a state of no motion or movement)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Not sparkling

Synonyms:

noneffervescent; still

Context example:

still mineral water

Antonym:

sparkling (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Free from noticeable current

Context example:

still waters run deep

Similar:

standing ((of fluids) not moving or flowing)

Derivation:

stillness (a state of no motion or movement)

stillness (calmness without winds)

• STILL (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make calm or still

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

Context example:

quiet the dragons of worry and fear

Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):

comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):

lull (calm by deception)

compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)

appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

still ((poetic) tranquil silence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to be quiet or not talk

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still

Context example:

Please silence the children in the church!

Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):

conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

Cause:

hush (become quiet or still; fall silent)

Verb group:

hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten (become quiet or quieter)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):

shush (silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!')

calm down; lull (become quiet or less intensive)

shout down (silence or overwhelm by shouting)

gag; muzzle (prevent from speaking out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

still ((poetic) tranquil silence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lessen the intensity of or calm

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

allay; ease; relieve; still

Context example:

still the fears

Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):

comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):

abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The good news will still her

Derivation:

still ((poetic) tranquil silence)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make motionless

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• STILL (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation

Context example:

will you still love me when we're old and grey?

Antonym:

no longer (not now)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

Synonyms:

all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet

Context example:

granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go

Sense 3

Meaning:

To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

Synonyms:

even; still; yet

Context example:

a yet sadder tale

Sense 4

Meaning:

Without moving or making a sound

Synonyms:

still; stock-still

Context example:

he couldn't hold still any longer

Pertainym:

still (not in physical motion)

 Context examples 

I believe I am correct Colonel, in saying that your bag of tigers still remains unrivalled?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The glass still keeps very high,” he remarked as he sat down.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You would do me a greater still if you could lay your hands on the murderer of John Straker.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She nodded, then added, "He still has some money."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Again I awoke in the night, and found Lucy sitting up in bed, still asleep, pointing to the window.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As the time went by I marvelled that I was still alive.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Of course he's stuffed," replied Dorothy, who was still angry.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I will still, however, tell you how to find the golden horse, if you will do as I bid you.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The shock of what came up is over, but you are likely still left having to plan the details of what you need to do next as you move forward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I found the tide had driven it still nearer.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)