1. Not in physical motion
   "She remained still, yet poised to take flight";
   - inactive, motionless, static
    
2. Marked by absence of sound
   "the night was still";
   - silent, soundless
    
3. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
   "scarcely a ripple on the still water";
   - placid, quiet, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
    
4. Free from noticeable current
   "a still pond"; "still waters run deep"
    
5. Not sparkling
   "still mineral water"; "a still wine";
   - noneffervescent
    
6. 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
   "a still photograph"; "Cézanne's still life of apples"

1. With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
   "it's still warm outside"; "will you still love me when we're old and grey?"
    
2. Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
   "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go";
   - however, nevertheless, withal [archaic], yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding, at the same time, even if, be that as it may
    
3. To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
   "an still more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved";
   - even, yet
    
4. Without moving or making a sound
   "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer";
   - stock-still

1. A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
   "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"
    
2. 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 vapour is condensed
   "The moonshiner operated an illegal still deep in the woods"
    
3. A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
   "They toured the whiskey still in Scotland";
   - distillery
    
4. (poetic) tranquil silence
   "the still of the night";
   - hush, stillness

1. Make calm or still
   "still the dragons of worry and fear";
   - calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillize, tranquillise [Brit], quieten [Brit], lull
    
2. Lessen the intensity of or calm
   "still the fears";
   - allay, relieve, ease
    
3. Cause to be quiet or not talk
   "Please still the children in the church!";
   - hush, quieten [Brit], silence, shut up, hush up
    
4. Make motionless
   "The sudden noise stilled the crowd"

Derived forms: stilling, stills, stillest, stilled, stiller

See also: calm, nonmoving, quiet, standing, unmoving

Type of: alter, apparatus, change, comfort, conquer, console, exposure, industrial plant, modify, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture, plant, quiet, setup, silence, solace, soothe, stamp down, subdue, suppress, works

Antonym: moving, no longer

Encyclopedia: Still, Robert