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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hold still en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To not move; to remain stationary.
    • He expected a stomp or a fist against the table but instead she held still and he thought he noticed her shoulders moving up and down in slight huffs. 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 35, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 178:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
holds still Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
holding still Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held still Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held still Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

hold firm

Translations (2)

it stare fermo (Translations) · de stillhalten (Translations)