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”), 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).
Meanings
Not moving; calm.
Still waters run deep.
Sit there and stay still!
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
still water; still wines
Uttering no sound; silent.
The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still. c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!:
(not-comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion. 2007 January 3, Gerry Geronimo, “Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia”, in Manila Standard, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2011:
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
[…] a still small voice. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 19:12:
(obsolete) Constant; continual.
[…] A lifelong tract of time reveal’d;
The fruitful hours of still increase;
Days order’d in a wealthy peace,
And those five years its richest field. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 68:
By still practice learn to know thy meaning. c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
sq s'lu (gheg) (not moving, calm) · nl nog (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · hu néma (uttering no sound, silent) · cs tichý (comparatively quiet or silent) · fr calme (comparatively quiet or silent) · fr fixe (not moving, calm) · it immobile (not moving, calm) · mi wahangū (uttering no sound, silent) · se jaskat (uttering no sound, silent) · el ακούνητος (not moving, calm) · cmn 無汽 /无汽 ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · mi whakaroto (not moving, calm) · cs klidný (not moving, calm) · es todavía actual (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · es que sigue/continúa siéndolo (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · it fermo (not moving, calm) · vi đơ (not moving, calm) · it tranquillo (not moving, calm) · bg утихнал (comparatively quiet or silent) · mi whakapateko (not moving, calm) · it non frizzante ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · it non effervescente ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · de noch (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · fr silencieux (uttering no sound, silent) · ba хәрәкәтһеҙ (not moving, calm) · cs stálý (not moving, calm) · ba шым (uttering no sound, silent) · fr muet (uttering no sound, silent) · ota حركتسز (not moving, calm) · mi hū (not moving, calm) · ba ҡуҙғалмаусан (not moving, calm) · ar مُسْتَقِرّ (not moving, calm) · mi hāngū (uttering no sound, silent) · hu csendes (comparatively quiet or silent) · cs tichý (uttering no sound, silent) · pl nieruchomy (not moving, calm) · bg негазиран ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · de ruhig (uttering no sound, silent) · fa آرام (not moving, calm) · fr calme (not moving, calm) · sk kľudný (not moving, calm) · mi pateko (not moving, calm) · pt imóvel (not moving, calm) · cmn 靜止 /静止 (not moving, calm) · nl stil (not moving, calm) · gv marroo (not moving, calm) · hu álló (not moving, calm) · mi whakaroau (not moving, calm) · fi jatkuva ((obsolete in English) constant, continual — see also constant, continual) · sa स्थिर (not moving, calm) · de bewegungslos (not moving, calm) · fi hiljainen (uttering no sound, silent) · bg застоял (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · vi đứng (not moving, calm) · mi marino (not moving, calm) · is ókolsýrður ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · fr plate ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · hu hangtalan (uttering no sound, silent) · et paigal (not moving, calm) · it non gassata ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · is hljóður (uttering no sound, silent) · hy անշարժ (not moving, calm) · ota ساكن (not moving, calm) · fi kuplaton ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · cmn 還 /还 (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · ru неподви́жный (not moving, calm) · cmn 仍 (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · fi tyyni (not moving, calm) · da stille (not moving, calm) · is kyrr (not moving, calm) · es glaxo (not moving, calm) · ga féithchiúin (not moving, calm) · cs neperlivý ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · ro plată ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · la immobilis (not moving, calm) · es quieto (not moving, calm) · ar ثَابِت (not moving, calm) · fi hiljainen (comparatively quiet or silent) · vec cet (not moving, calm) · bg неизменен (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · ja 静止した (not moving, calm) · cmn 仍然 (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · no stille (not moving, calm) · mk мирен (not moving, calm) · bg затихнал (comparatively quiet or silent) · fi vakaa (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · bg безшумен (uttering no sound, silent) · gv neuvio (not moving, calm) · pl niegazowany ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · da stille (uttering no sound, silent) · ro imobil (not moving, calm) · sk pokojný (not moving, calm) · tr hâlâ (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · sk nehybný (not moving, calm) · sh nepomično (not moving, calm) · se snárri (not moving, calm) · pdt stell (uttering no sound, silent) · cmn 仍舊 /仍旧 (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · pt parado (not moving, calm) · eo ankoraŭ (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · th นิ่ง (not moving, calm) · ja 止まっている (not moving, calm) · hu mentes ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · lb stëll (not moving, calm) · hu továbbra is (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · de lautlos (uttering no sound, silent) · it calmo (not moving, calm) · cs nesycený ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · ro nemișcat (not moving, calm) · fi kuplimaton ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · mi whakapahoho (not moving, calm) · hu nyugodt (not moving, calm) · de still (uttering no sound, silent) · ca quiet (not moving, calm) · hu halk (comparatively quiet or silent) · hu szénsavmentes ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · ne स्थिर (not moving, calm) · de ruhig (not moving, calm) · ang stille (not moving, calm) · de still ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · cs nehybný (not moving, calm) · gv kiune (uttering no sound, silent) · bg неподвижен (not moving, calm) · mi piropiro (not moving, calm) · ba тик торған (not moving, calm) · sv stilla (not moving, calm) · fi liikkumaton (not moving, calm) · cy llonydd (not moving, calm) · ar سَاكِن (not moving, calm) · bg тих (uttering no sound, silent) · cmn 依然 (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · de still (not moving, calm) · it quieto (not moving, calm) · hu mozdulatlan (not moving, calm) · hu még mindig (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time) · bg споко́ен (not moving, calm) · fr statique (not moving, calm) · gv feagh (not moving, calm) · fr immobile (not moving, calm) · it naturale ((of drinking water) not effervescent) · sq qetë (not moving, calm) · bg непроменен (having the same stated quality continuously from a past time)
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”), 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).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Without motion.
They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
(not-comparable, qualifier:aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
It hath been anciently reported, and is still received. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
I’m still not wise enough to answer that.
(not-comparable, qualifier:degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed. 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
(conjunctive, not-comparable) Nevertheless.
Given the thorny intelligence of [J. C.] Chandor’s previous films (which also include Margin Call and A Most Violent Year), it's hard to believe that he thought it was a good idea to play Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" over a sequence of Pope telling the others that he can't do this job without them, or to accompany shots of the men running through the jungle with Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through The Jungle." (Okay, they're stealthily walking. But still.) 2019 July 3, Mike D’Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck Blunder through a Heavy Heist in J. C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019:
Yeah, but still...
As sunshine, broken in the rill, / Though turned astray, is sunshine still. 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh […] , London: Longman […] :
I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
She'd been here many times before, it was true. Still, she held out some hope.
The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private. 1712 January 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 22, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 255; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
I vex my heart with fancies dim:
He still outstript me in the race;
It was but unity of place
That made me dream I rank’d with him. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:
[W]hereas many Chymiſts vvould be vaſtly rich, if they could ſtill do in great Quantities vvhat they have ſometimes done in little ones, many have undone themſelves by obſtinately attempting to make even real Experiments more gainful. 1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1669, →OCLC, page 78:
Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], lines 201–202:
(not-comparable, qualifier:extensive) Even, yet.
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes. 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of styll.
HALIL: I can't lie, I didn't expect it from you, man, still! 2022 June 2, Gabrielle Wood, 16:17 from the start, in Teddy Nygh, director, PRU (1), episode 2 (TV), spoken by Halil (Jay Ersavas):
'Yeah yeah, I'm good still, Stace,' I said. 2022, Moses McKenzie, An Olive Grove in Ends:
sk ešte viac (to an even greater degree) · la etiamnum (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ru ещё (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · es sin embargo (nevertheless) · fr immobile (without motion) · ja もっと (to an even greater degree) · oj geyaabi (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ka ჯერ ისევ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · se datte (nevertheless) · cmn 仍然 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ang ġīet (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it nientemeno (nevertheless) · ja 更に (to an even greater degree) · he עוֹד (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it fermo (without motion) · it comunque (nevertheless) · sv fortfarande (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ka კიდევ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ko 계속 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it sempre (always, invariably, constantly) · hi फिर भी (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pl dalej (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · dsb hyšći (to an even greater degree) · ja より (to an even greater degree) · de dennoch (nevertheless) · cmn 更 (to an even greater degree) · it senza meno (nevertheless) · ro încă (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ba тағы ла (to an even greater degree) · la etiamnum (to an even greater degree) · cmn 依然 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · bg неподвижно (without motion) · nb fremdeles (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hy դեռ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs stále (nevertheless) · mk уште по- (to an even greater degree) · it nonostante (nevertheless) · pl ciągle (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi vielä (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · nl nog steeds (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · lv arvien vēl (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu folyton (always, invariably, constantly) · fi paikallaan (without motion) · hu mégsem (nevertheless) · dlm junkaura (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cmn 仍 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · is engu að síður (nevertheless) · sv ändå (to an even greater degree) · ka ისევ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ckb ھێشتا (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · is þó (nevertheless) · fr toutefois (nevertheless) · is enn (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi vielä (to an even greater degree) · fr toujours (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sne bayuh (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · es todavía (to an even greater degree) · ar لَا يَزَال (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · lv vēl (to an even greater degree) · el ακόμα (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fr encore (to an even greater degree) · cs ještě (to an even greater degree) · sv än (to an even greater degree) · lt vis dar (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ca encara (to an even greater degree) · es no obstante (nevertheless) · tk häli (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · orv още (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sk ničmenej (nevertheless) · la adhuc (to an even greater degree) · uk іще́ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ca encara (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pt ainda (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pl jeszcze (to an even greater degree) · ru ещё (to an even greater degree) · gv choud's shoh (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · be яшчэ́ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · chk chuen (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · dsb hyšći (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · rup nica (roa-rup) (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · et veel (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs i tak (nevertheless) · hu egyre csak (always, invariably, constantly) · is enn (to an even greater degree) · th ยัง (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ckb بەڵام (nevertheless) · hu mindig csak (always, invariably, constantly) · sh još uvijek (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · tr yine de (nevertheless) · nb ennå (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cy o hyd (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · lad ainda (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pl jeszcze (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pt ainda (to an even greater degree) · bg още (to an even greater degree) · is eigi að síður (nevertheless) · es todavía (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · is samt (nevertheless) · de noch (to an even greater degree) · es seguir (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ar اِلَى اَلْأٰن (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ba унан да (to an even greater degree) · is ennþá (to an even greater degree) · ja 依然として (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · he עֲדַיִן (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ar سَاكِنًا (without motion) · et ikka (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · eo tamen (nevertheless) · es aún (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · km នៅតែ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sk stále (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sk nadalej (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · eo eĉ (to an even greater degree) · lt dar (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · la etiamnunc (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pt ainda assim (nevertheless) · pl stale (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it ancorchè (nevertheless) · fa بی حرکت (without motion) · et ikka (even, yet) · no enda (to an even greater degree) · sh unatoč (nevertheless) · mhr але (even, yet) · hu mégis (nevertheless) · xdq налла́ра (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · te ఇంకా (to an even greater degree) · fa هنوز (nevertheless) · se ain (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pl i tak (nevertheless) · cmn 還要 /还要 (to an even greater degree) · fi vielä (nevertheless) · ga go fóill (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ar رَغِم ذٰلِك (nevertheless) · nl nog (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cy eto (nevertheless) · ar مَعَ ذٰلِك (nevertheless) · sk i napriek tomu (nevertheless) · io ankore (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cmn 還 /还 (to an even greater degree) · pdt doch (nds) (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ccc meye kala (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · mk се́ уште (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · nb fortsatt (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fr quand même (nevertheless) · et ikka (nevertheless) · swb raha (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · gv foastagh (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs přesto (nevertheless) · hu mozdulatlanul (without motion) · ka კვლავაც (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi edelleen (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · acw لِسَّة (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ga fós (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · oc encara (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ckb ھێشتا (to an even greater degree) · osa etxą́ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi vielä (even, yet) · lv joprojām (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fa باز هم (nevertheless) · fr cela dit (nevertheless) · cs nehybně (without motion) · nn enno (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · az yenə də (nevertheless) · la tamen (nevertheless) · fr encore (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu még mindig (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs dosud (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · bg о́ще (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu szakadatlanul (always, invariably, constantly) · ro tot (nevertheless) · it ancora (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sv trots (nevertheless) · fr cependant (nevertheless) · fa در هر صورت (nevertheless) · fi silti (nevertheless) · he עדיין (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu mindegyre (always, invariably, constantly) · cs ještě (even, yet) · ru всё-таки (nevertheless) · pt mesmo assim (nevertheless) · tr hâlâ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ky дагы деле (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it benchè (nevertheless) · lt vis tiek (to an even greater degree) · fr néanmoins (nevertheless) · sv ännu (to an even greater degree) · yue 仍然 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi yhä (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sh još (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ga ar fad (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu mindig (always, invariably, constantly) · sk ešte (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · la etiamnunc (to an even greater degree) · se vel (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ba һаман да (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cmn 還是 /还是 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · et ikka (to an even greater degree) · hu megint (even, yet) · is ennþá (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ba барыбер (nevertheless) · fi aina vain (always, invariably, constantly) · nn ennå (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · pl nadal (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs stále (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · nn framleis (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · no likevel (nevertheless) · ang ġīet (to an even greater degree) · mi tonu (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · yi נאָך אַלץ (nevertheless) · eo ankoraŭ (even, yet) · hu állandóan (always, invariably, constantly) · ne अझै पनि (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ia totevia (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · id masih (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · de trotzdem (nevertheless) · vi còn (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · se hiljit (without motion) · ja まだ (to an even greater degree) · hu nyugton (without motion) · ka ჯერ კიდევ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · nn endå (to an even greater degree) · tly هنوز (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ngh noxoba (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ka ჯერაც (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ky дагы (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi hiljaa (without motion) · ms masih (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it malgrado (nevertheless) · la adhuc (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cu ѥште (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · tk heniz (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sv ändå (nevertheless) · mk уште (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · no enda (nevertheless) · hu még (to an even greater degree) · gv foast (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cmn 還是 /还是 (nevertheless) · te ఇంకా (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · it ancora più (to an even greater degree) · cmn 仍然 (nevertheless) · hu egyre (always, invariably, constantly) · ba һаман (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sk aj tak (nevertheless) · cs stále (always, invariably, constantly) · ga i gcónaí (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · de noch (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu továbbra is (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ko 아직 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · tr hala (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fa هنوز (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · hu még (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · eo ankoraŭ (to an even greater degree) · sv ännu (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · he לַמְרוֹת זֹאת (nevertheless) · eu oraindik (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ja まだ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · sl šè (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · de doch (nevertheless) · it tuttora (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ru всё же (nevertheless) · ca nogensmenys (nevertheless) · ja まだ (nevertheless) · mk сепак (nevertheless) · es aún (to an even greater degree) · ar مَا زَالَ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · uk ще (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · eo senmove (without motion) · ja それでも (nevertheless) · hu mégiscsak (nevertheless) · et ikka (always, invariably, constantly) · lv vēl (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ko 여전히 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · ro și (to an even greater degree) · fr statique (without motion) · pl wciąż (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · bg неизменно (always, invariably, constantly) · ru всё ещё (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · lad yene (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · bg все пак (nevertheless) · ta இன்னும் (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · nl nog (to an even greater degree) · rup ningã (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs nicméně (nevertheless) · nl toch (nevertheless) · lad dainda (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cs ještě (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · eo malgraŭe (nevertheless) · az hələ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · fi aina (always, invariably, constantly) · nn enda (to an even greater degree) · eo ankoraŭ (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · cmn 還 /还 (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · gv ny yeih shen as ooilley (nevertheless) · ru тем не ме́нее (nevertheless) · grc ἔτι (up to a time, as in the preceding time) · da stadig (up to a time, as in the preceding time)
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”), 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).
Meanings
A period of calm or silence.
Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […] 1901, Good Words, volume 42, page 7:
the still of the night
As the ground warms, to the first rays of light, / A birdsong shatters the still. 1983 May, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, “Flight of Icarus”, in Piece of Mind, performed by Iron Maiden:
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. ▸ A single frame from a film.
One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express! 1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
respite (period of calm) · quiet (period of calm) · Falklander (resident of the Falkland Islands) · Benny (resident of the Falkland Islands) · rest (period of calm) · tranquility (period of calm) · lull (period of calm) · Kelper (resident of the Falkland Islands)
Translations (50)
ja スチール (photography: a non-moving photograph) · sv stillhet (period of calm or silence) · gv kiuney (period of calm or silence) · sv stillestånd (period of calm or silence) · ja スチル (photography: a non-moving photograph) · de Anstieg (steep hill or ascent) · it fermo immagine (photography: a non-moving photograph) · sv vindstilla (period of calm or silence) · ka შტილი (period of calm or silence) · cs ticho (period of calm or silence) · ja 静寂 (period of calm or silence) · pl fotos (photography: a non-moving photograph) · is kyrrð (period of calm or silence) · it quiete (period of calm or silence) · it istantanea (photography: a non-moving photograph) · hu állófénykép (photography: a non-moving photograph) · sv bleke (period of calm or silence) · fi tyyneys (period of calm or silence) · sv stillbild (photography: a non-moving photograph) · fr photogramme (photography: a non-moving photograph) · es quietud (period of calm or silence) · se goalki (period of calm or silence) · cs poklid (period of calm or silence) · de Photographie (photography: a non-moving photograph) · fi hiljaisuus (period of calm or silence) · hu csend (period of calm or silence) · es instantánea (photography: a non-moving photograph) · hu nyugalom (period of calm or silence) · ckb ھێمنی (period of calm or silence) · de Standfoto (photography: a non-moving photograph) · bg кадър (photography: a non-moving photograph) · de Ruhe (period of calm or silence) · cs klid (period of calm or silence) · hu állókép (photography: a non-moving photograph) · sv tystnad (period of calm or silence) · de Stille (period of calm or silence) · it fotogramma (photography: a non-moving photograph) · ja 静けさ (period of calm or silence) · is kyrrmynd (photography: a non-moving photograph) · bg тишина (period of calm or silence) · ja 静止画 (photography: a non-moving photograph) · ru штиль (period of calm or silence) · fi tyven (period of calm or silence) · fi jyrkänne (steep hill or ascent) · hu képkocka (photography: a non-moving photograph) · fi pysäytyskuva (photography: a non-moving photograph) · ja 凪 (period of calm or silence) · de Steigung (steep hill or ascent) · fi stilli (photography: a non-moving photograph) · ka სიმშვიდე (period of calm or silence)
ja 蒸留器 (a device for distilling liquids) · it lambicco (a device for distilling liquids) · io alambiko (a device for distilling liquids) · ru дистилля́тор (a device for distilling liquids) · fi tislauspannu (a device for distilling liquids) · ca alambí (a device for distilling liquids) · sv destillator (a device for distilling liquids) · de Destillierkolben (a device for distilling liquids) · de Destillierapparat (a device for distilling liquids) · hu lepárló (a device for distilling liquids) · cs destilační zařízení (a device for distilling liquids) · it distillatore (a device for distilling liquids) · cs destilační kolona (a device for distilling liquids) · mi kōhua māturuturu (a device for distilling liquids) · it bollitore (area in restaurant) · hu (nagy) vízforraló (large water boiler) · it alambicco (a device for distilling liquids) · sv hembrännare (a device for distilling liquids) · gl alambique (a device for distilling liquids) · bg дестилатор (a device for distilling liquids) · es alambique (a device for distilling liquids) · nl distilleerapparaat (a device for distilling liquids) · mi kōhua (large water boiler) · cs destilační přístroj (a device for distilling liquids) · pt alambique (a device for distilling liquids) · no destillasjonsapparat (a device for distilling liquids) · nl distilleerderij (area in restaurant) · el αποστακτήρας (a device for distilling liquids) · tr imbik (a device for distilling liquids) · fr alambic (a device for distilling liquids) · ru перего́нный куб (a device for distilling liquids) · es alquitara (a device for distilling liquids) · sv hembränningsapparat (a device for distilling liquids) · sv destillationsapparat (a device for distilling liquids) · es destilador (a device for distilling liquids) · hu desztilláló (készülék) (a device for distilling liquids) · ota انبیق (a device for distilling liquids) · bg самовар (large water boiler) · gv poht losseree (a device for distilling liquids) · fi vesipannu (large water boiler) · gv sthill (a device for distilling liquids) · hu szeszfőző (a device for distilling liquids) · grc ἄμβιξ (a device for distilling liquids)
Near the pond was the ducking-stool where many a village scold had her tongue temporarily stilled. 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
to still the raging sea
They likewise believed that he, having a full Sway and Command over the Water, had Power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it […] 1695, John Woodward, An essay toward a natural history of the earth and terrestrial bodies, especially minerals, page 139:
Is this the scourge of France? / Is this the Talbot, so much fear'd abroad / That with his name the mothers still their babes? c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 1, act 2, scene 3:
[…] withholding myself from toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:
And if that any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright, 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto ii, paragraph xxix:
To cause to fall by drops.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
The knowledge of stilling is one pretty feat,
The waters be wholesome, the charges not great 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC: