still

1. still (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Not moving; calm.

Example: Sit there and stay still!

2. still (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Not effervescing; not sparkling.

Example: still water; still wines

3. still (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Uttering no sound; silent.

Example: The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.

4. still (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Without motion.

Example: They stood still until the guard was out of sight.

5. still (adv) — sense 5

Definition: Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

Example: Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.

6. still (adv) — sense 6

Definition: To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.

Example: Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.

7. still (noun) — sense 7

Definition: A period of calm or silence.

Example: the still of the night

8. still (noun) — sense 8

Definition: A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.

9. still (noun) — sense 9

Definition: A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.: A single frame from a film.

Example: One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!