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still

Pronunciation: /ˈstɪl/

The English word “still” has 20 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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. Constant; continual.
  7. Dormant.

adverb

  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.

noun

  1. A period of calm or silence.
  2. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
  3. A single frame from a film.
  4. A resident of the Falkland Islands.
  5. A device for distilling liquids.
  6. A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  7. The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.

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, silent, still”),…

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