Library / English Dictionary

STAND STILL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile

Example:

Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stand still"):

freeze; stop dead (stop moving or become immobilized)

bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire (be unable to move further)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Derivation:

standstill (a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible)

Credits