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Still Definition

(adv.) Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

(adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.

(adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.

(adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.

(adv.) Constant; continual.

(adv.) Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.

(n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.

(n.) A steep hill or ascent.

(a.) To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.

(a.) In the future as now and before.

(a.) In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.

(a.) In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.

(a.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.

(a.) After that; after what is stated.

(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.

(a.) To stop, as noise; to silence.

(a.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.

(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.

(v.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

(v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.

(v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

(v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.