Meaning

8 senses

  1. A period of calm or silence.

    the still of the night

    Stille, Ruhe

    штильštilʹ

    (poetic) tranquil silence

  2. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.

    Photographie, Standfoto

    a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

  3. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.

    A single frame from a film.

  4. (slang)A resident of the Falkland Islands.

    Anstieg, Steigung

  5. A device for distilling liquids.

    Destillierapparat, Destillierkolben

    перего́нный кубperegónnyj kub, дистилля́торdistilljátor

  6. A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.

  7. The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.

  8. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Examples

19388 sentences

  1. The bridge is still under construction.

    Міст все ще будують. — deniko

    ruМост все еще строится. — afyodor

    deDie Brücke ist noch im Bau. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I'm still waiting for my order.

    Я все ще чекаю на своє замовлення. — deniko

    ruЯ всё ещё жду мой заказ. — Olya

    deIch warte immer noch auf meine Bestellung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. His old cat is still alive.

    Його старий кіт все ще живий. — deniko

    ruЕго старый кот еще живой. — odexed

    deSeine alte Katze ist noch am Leben. — Wolf

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  4. He is still full of energy.

    Він все ще переповнений енергією. — deniko

    ruОн всё ещё полон энергии. — shanghainese

    deEr ist immer noch voller Energie. — MUIRIEL

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  5. She still depends on her parents.

    Вона ще залежить вiд своïх батькiв. — rmdas

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
period of calm or silence:
a device for distilling liquids:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
period of calm or silence:
photography: a non-moving photograph:
steep hill or ascent:
a device for distilling liquids:

Origin

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, qu

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.

Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, from Latin stilla.

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Forms

plural: stills
Singularstill
Pluralstills

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
period of calm:restB1respiteC1quietB2tranquilityC1lull
resident of the Falkland Islands:BennyFalklanderKelper
Close in meaning
  • a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation:distillery
  • (poetic) tranquil silence:hushstillness

Word family

7 related words
Relatedstyllpot still
Derivedstill storecolumn stillsolar stillstillmanstillroom

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is probably still
  • is still in
  • likely to still
  • probably still
  • still have a
  • is still alive
  • still alive
  • still want to
  • still planning on
  • is still a
  • still planning to
  • to still be

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stigmatizestilestilettostillbornstillnessstilt
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