Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apparatus for distilling liquids, such as alcohols, consisting of a vessel in which the substance is vaporized by heat and a cooling device in which the vapor is condensed.
- noun A distillery.
- adjective Not moving or in motion.
- adjective Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion.
- adjective Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- adjective Making or characterized by no sound or faint sound: synonym: quiet.
- adjective Not carbonated; lacking effervescence.
- noun Silence; quiet.
- noun A still photograph, especially one taken from a scene of a movie and used for promotional purposes.
- noun A still-life picture.
- adverb Without movement; motionlessly.
- adverb At the present time; for the present.
- adverb Up to or at a specified time; yet.
- adverb At a future time; eventually.
- adverb In increasing amount or degree; even.
- adverb In addition; besides.
- adverb All the same; nevertheless.
- intransitive verb To make motionless or unagitated.
- intransitive verb To make quiet; silence.
- intransitive verb To allay or calm.
- intransitive verb To become still.
- idiom Informal (still and all) After taking everything into consideration; nevertheless; however.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To drop; fall in drops. See
distil . - To drop, or cause to fall in drops.
- To expel, as spirit from liquor, by heat and condense in a refrigerator; distil. See
distil . - noun An apparatus for separating, by means of heat, volatile matters from substances containing them, and recondensing them into the liquid form.
- noun A house or works in which liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- noun In bleaching, a rectangular vessel made of slabs of freestone or flagstone with rabbeted and stemmed joints held together by long bolts, and provided with a steam-chamber below, and with a manhole for introducing the materials for making chlorid of manganese solution, called
still-liquor . - Remaining in place; remaining at rest; motionless; quiet: as, to stand, sit, or lie still.
- Calm; tranquil; peaceful; undisturbed or unruffled: as, still waters run deep; a still night.
- Silent; quiet; calm; noiseless; hushed.
- Soft; low; subdued: as, a still small voice.
- Not sparkling or effervescing: said of wine, mineral water, and other beverages: contrasted with sparkling; by extension, having but little effervescence.
- Continual; constant.
- noun Calm; silence; freedom from noise.
- noun A still alarm.
- Quietly; silently; softly; peacefully.
- Constantly; continually; habitually; always; ever.
- Now as in the past; till now; to this time; now as then or as before; yet: as, he is still here.
- In an increased or increasing degree; beyond this (or that); even yet; in excess: used with comparatives or to form a comparative: as, still greater things were expected; still more numerous.
- For all that; all the same; nevertheless; notwithstanding this (or that).
- See
loud . - noun The wrought-iron still in which either coal-tar or wood-tar is in the crude state submitted to fractional distillation in order to separate the various useful products obtainable.
- To make still; cause to be at rest; render calm, quiet, unruffled, or undisturbed; check or restrain; make peaceful or tranquil; quiet.
- To calm; appease; quiet or allay, as commotion, tumult, agitation, or excitement.
- To silence; quiet.
- Synonyms and To lull, pacify, tranquilize, smooth.
- To hush.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Chrome is still far from feature-complete (* still* no bookmarks manager?), but it has some really unique features that make it worth using even now. reply
Chrome, Not Chromium, For Mac Has That Solid Feel MG Siegler 2005
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The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman, a native and still a resident of one of the slave states, and _still a slaveholder_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman, a native and still a resident of one of the slave states, and _still a slaveholder_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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QUOTATION: Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught.
Quotations 1919
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And the raven never flitting, still is sitting, _still_ is sitting,
Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912
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And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, _still_ is sitting
Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909
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Come now, no nonsense, madam, '(still more quietly and _still_ more firmly,)' or you will compel me to communicate with the police. '
The Secrets of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
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4135Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught.
Quotations 1919
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10Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught.
Quotations 1919
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yeah.. i'm young ,beautiful,lonely and still hurting.i may be in need of someone to love..still..
lampbane commented on the word still
"I see you averting your glances
I see you cheering on the war
I see you ignoring your children
And I love you still"
January 10, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word still
In moonshining, the combination of the cap and boiler in which the mash is initially distilled. "Still" is also used to describe the entire distilling setup.
August 26, 2009