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STILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
Synonyms:
distillery; still
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):
industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)
Meronyms (parts of "still"):
Coffey still (a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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 vapor is condensed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):
apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)
Meronyms (parts of "still"):
condenser (an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid)
retort (a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "still"):
Coffey still (a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
Example:
he wanted some stills for a magazine ad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(poetic) tranquil silence
Example:
the still of the night
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("still" is a kind of...):
quiet; silence (the absence of sound)
Domain category:
poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)
Derivation:
still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
still (make calm or still)
still (lessen the intensity of or calm)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Example:
unruffled water
Synonyms:
placid; quiet; smooth; still; tranquil; unruffled
Classified under:
Similar:
calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)
Derivation:
stillness (calmness without winds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Free from noticeable current
Example:
still waters run deep
Classified under:
Similar:
standing ((of fluids) not moving or flowing)
Derivation:
stillness (a state of no motion or movement)
stillness (calmness without winds)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not in physical motion
Example:
the inertia of an object at rest
Synonyms:
inactive; motionless; static; still
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)
Derivation:
stillness (a state of no motion or movement)
Sense 4
Meaning:
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
Example:
Cezanne's still life of apples
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
moving (used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion)
Derivation:
stillness (a state of no motion or movement)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Marked by absence of sound
Example:
the night was still
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
quiet (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound)
Derivation:
stillness ((poetic) tranquil silence)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Not sparkling
Example:
still mineral water
Synonyms:
noneffervescent; still
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
sparkling (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they still ... he / she / it stills
Past simple: stilled
Past participle: stilled
-ing form: stilling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to be quiet or not talk
Example:
Please silence the children in the church!
Synonyms:
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):
conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)
Cause:
hush (become quiet or still; fall silent)
Verb group:
hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten (become quiet or quieter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):
shush (silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!')
calm down; lull (become quiet or less intensive)
shout down (silence or overwhelm by shouting)
gag; muzzle (prevent from speaking out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
still ((poetic) tranquil silence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make motionless
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Synonyms:
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):
lull (calm by deception)
compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
still ((poetic) tranquil silence)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lessen the intensity of or calm
Example:
still the fears
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "still" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "still"):
abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The good news will still her
Derivation:
still ((poetic) tranquil silence)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
Example:
a yet sadder tale
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
Example:
granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
Synonyms:
all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
Example:
will you still love me when we're old and grey?
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
no longer (not now)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Without moving or making a sound
Example:
he couldn't hold still any longer
Synonyms:
still; stock-still
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
still (not in physical motion)
Context examples:
On Thursday afternoons (half-holidays) we now took walks, and found still sweeter flowers opening by the wayside, under the hedges.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I must still make play and wait for a better opening.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Still, however, and during the length of another street, she entreated him to stop.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I wished for him again the next summer, when I had still the same luck in the Mediterranean.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They would have been still more amazed if they had seen what Beth did afterward.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I stood still, and hung my head.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He was surprised at the eagerness which animated the whole team and which was communicated to him; but still more surprising was the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
And the next day found them still running.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The fog still hung about and screened us with its friendly shade.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“There it is, sir,” said I, pointing to the drawer, where it lay on the floor behind a table and still covered with the sheet.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
