still

Meaning

Adj

1. Not moving; calm.
2. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
3. Uttering no sound; silent.
4. Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
5. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
6. (obsolete) Constant; continual.

Adv

1. Without motion.
2. Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
3. To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
4. Nevertheless.
5. Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
6. Even, yet.
7. Alternative spelling of styll

Noun

1. A period of calm or silence.
2. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
3. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
4. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

Noun

1. A device for distilling liquids.
2. A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
3. 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.

Verb

To calm down, to quiet.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
2. To cause to fall by drops.
3. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), 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.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Sentences

" What is it that I still need to know ?" the boy asked .

The village still has streets named for each of the three patriots .

I still can't understand it though .

The levanter was still getting stronger , and he felt its force on his face .

Since Alfonso-Jordan was still a child , Raymond's soldiers chose William-Jordan as regent .