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The Meaning of still
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(adv.) Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
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(adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
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(adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
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(adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
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(adv.) Constant; continual.
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(adv.) Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
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(n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
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(n.) A steep hill or ascent.
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(a.) To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
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(a.) In the future as now and before.
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(a.) In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
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(a.) In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.
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(a.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
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(a.) After that; after what is stated.
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(a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.
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(a.) To stop, as noise; to silence.
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(a.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
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(v.) A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.
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(v.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
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(v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.
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(v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
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(v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.
Synonyms
stillness
,
hush
,
distillery
,
motionlessness
,
windlessness
,
lifelessness
,
static
,
smooth
,
motionless
,
placid
,
inactive
,
electrostatic
,
tranquil
,
soundless
,
unruffled
,
quiet
,
unchanging
,
silent
,
noneffervescent
,
nonoperational
,
passive
,
stable
,
dormant
,
understood
,
mute
,
mum
,
dumb
,
tacit
,
unsounded
,
suave
,
good-tempered
,
fluid
,
restrained
,
serene
,
muted
,
unflustered
,
hushed
,
unflurried
,
even-tempered
,
subdued
,
unagitated
,
fluent
,
calm
,
equable
,
unperturbed
,
bland
,
liquid
,
legato
,
politic
,
silence
,
tranquilize
,
relieve
,
tranquillize
,
becalm
,
quiet down
,
ease
,
tranquillise
,
chill out
,
shut up
,
quiesce
,
hush up
,
sedate
,
cool off
,
cool it
,
simmer down
,
steady
,
settle down
,
allay
,
pipe down
,
lull
,
calm down
,
quieten
,
button up
,
lock away
,
put away
,
sleek over
,
whitewash
,
lock
,
close up
,
lock up
,
clam up
,
keep mum
,
shut away
,
gloss over
,
be quiet
,
dummy up
,
lock in
,
belt up
,
salvage
,
save
,
slake
,
unbosom
,
take over
,
salve
,
comfort
,
facilitate
,
exempt
,
quench
,
let off
,
palliate
,
excuse
,
assuage
,
remedy
,
alleviate
,
free
,
lighten
,
nevertheless
,
withal
,
nonetheless
,
stock-still
,
all the same
,
notwithstanding
,
even so
,
yet
,
however
,
even
,
thus far
,
so far
,
up to now
,
til now
,
until now
,
hitherto
,
as yet
,
in time
,
heretofore
,
compose
,
appease
,
mollify
,
soothe
,
pacify
,
console
,
solace
Antonyms
moving
,
running(a)
,
effervescent
,
stormy
,
noisy
,
animated
,
rouse
,
stir up
,
arouse
,
fan
,
provoke
,
stir
,
sparkling
,
no longer
,
no more
,
agitate
,
excite
,
kindle
Homophones
stihl
,
stil
,
stille
Rhymes
abril
,
advil
,
albertville
,
amityville
,
anthill
,
antill
,
asbill
,
asheville
,
ashville
,
auvil
,
bartlesville
,
baskerville
,
bastille
,
batesville
,
belleville
,
bellville
,
belville
,
bentonville
,
bihl
,
bil
,
bill
,
bougainville
,
brazil
,
brill
,
cahill
,
cartersville
,
catskill
,
charlottesville
,
chill
,
clarksville
,
courville
,
coville
,
cranesbill
,
crill
,
crossbill
,
daffodil
,
danville
,
dashville
,
demille
,
deville
,
dill
,
dille
,
distil
,
distill
,
douville
,
downhill
,
drill
,
emeryville
,
evansville
,
fayetteville
,
fil
,
fill
,
fille
,
foothill
,
frill
,
fulfill
,
gainesville
,
gambill
,
gayshill
,
ghyll
,
gil
,
gill
,
glanville
,
goodwill
,
grabill
,
grill
,
grille
,
guill
,
handbill
,
hawkbill
,
hicksville
,
hill
,
hille
,
hornbill
,
il
,
ill
,
instill
,
isbill
,
jabril
,
jacksonville
,
janesville
,
jil
,
jill
,
kerrville
,
kill
,
kille
,
kingsville
,
knill
,
krill
,
landfill
,
lawrenceville
,
leadville
,
lil
,
lill
,
lille
,
louisville
,
mandeville
,
martinsville
,
marysville
,
maryville
,
mcdill
,
mcgill
,
mil
,
mill
,
mille
,
molehill
,
monroeville
,
newill
,
nil
,
nill
,
oakville
,
overfill
,
overkill
,
painesville
,
phil
,
pihl
,
pil
,
pill
,
pille
,
pleasantville
,
polhill
,
prill
,
pudwill
,
quenneville
,
quill
,
refill
,
reville
,
rill
,
rockville
,
roseville
,
russellville
,
sackville
,
sawmill
,
schill
,
scoville
,
seville
,
shelbyville
,
shill
,
shrill
,
sill
,
skill
,
somerville
,
spill
,
standstill
,
stephenville
,
steubenville
,
stihl
,
stil
,
stille
,
summerville
,
sunil
,
swill
,
tamil
,
thill
,
thomasville
,
thrill
,
til
,
till
,
treadmill
,
trill
,
twill
,
until
,
uphill
,
ville
,
waddill
,
waynesville
,
wentzville
,
wil
,
will
,
wille
,
windmill
,
zil
,
zill