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1. With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
   "it's still warm outside"; "will you still love me when we're old and grey?"
    
2. Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
   "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"
   - however, nevertheless, withal, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding
    
3. To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
   "an still more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"
   - even, yet
    
4. Without moving or making a sound
   "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer"
   - stock-still

1. Not in physical motion
   - inactive, motionless, static
    
2. Marked by absence of sound
   "the night was still"
   - silent, soundless
    
3. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
   "scarcely a ripple on the still water"
   - placid, quiet, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
    
4. 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
   "a still photograph"; "Cézanne's still life of apples"
    
5. Not sparkling
   "a still wine"; "still mineral water"
   - noneffervescent
    
6. Free from noticeable current
   "a still pond"; "still waters run deep"

1. A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
   "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"
    
2. (poetic) tranquil silence
   "the still of the night"
   - hush, stillness
    
3. 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 vapour is condensed
    
4. A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
   - distillery

1. Make calm or still
   - calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillize, tranquillise [Brit], quieten, lull
    
2. Cause to be quiet or not talk
   - hush, quieten, silence, shut up, hush up
    
3. Lessen the intensity of or calm
   "still the fears"
   - allay, relieve, ease
    
4. Make motionless

Derived forms: stilling, stilled, stills, stiller, stillest

See also: calm, nonmoving, quiet, standing, stillness, unmoving

Type of: alter, apparatus, change, comfort, conquer, console, curb, exposure, industrial plant, inhibit, modify, photo, photograph, pic, picture, plant, quiet, setup, silence, solace, soothe, stamp down, subdue, suppress, works

Antonym: moving, no longer, sparkling

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