stand still en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of standstill.
alt of standstill
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stand stills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
stand still en · VERB
Meanings
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(figuratively, sometimes) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
My legs were stiff because I'd been standing still for a long time.
12 ¶ Then spake Ioshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord deliuered vp the Amorites before the children of Israel, and hee said in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stand thou still vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon. 13 And the Sunne stood still, and the Moone stayed, vntill the people had auenged themselues vpō their enemies. Is not this written in the booke of Iasher? So the Sunne stood still in the midst of heauen, and hasted not to goe downe, about a whole day.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 10:12–13:Time seemed to stand still as an idea came to him. He could not outrun the car behind him, but he could outdrive his opponent. And the Fiat was more nimble.
2002, Robert Jonathan Tristani, A Virtual Kill, page 303:
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to tolerate
Will you accept your second class status A nation of waitresses and waiters Will you mix their martinis Will you stand still for it Or will you take to the hills
1987, Roger Waters, “Home”, in Radio K.A.O.S.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stands still | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| standing still | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stood still | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stood still | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
time stands still · standstill
Translations (18)
ca detenir moure (to stop moving) · pt parar (to stop moving) · ca no moure (to remain motionless) · fr detenir mouvoir (to stop moving) · it non muovere (to remain motionless) · it detenere muovere (to stop moving) · ang ætstandan (to stop moving) · it non movere (to remain motionless) · es quedarse quieto (to stop moving) · pt não mover (to remain motionless) · pt aquietar-se (to stop moving) · pt deter mover (to stop moving) · fr ne mouvoir pas (to remain motionless) · it detenere movere (to stop moving) · pt ficar parado (to remain motionless) · la dētineō movēre (to stop moving) · es no mover (to remain motionless) · la nōn moveō (to remain motionless)