still

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verb

Still is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand
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adj.

1 not moving

VERBS

▪ be, hold, keep, lie, sit, stand, stay

▪ Hold still a minute!

▪ Please sit still!

▪ hold sb/sth, keep sb/sth

▪ I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.

ADVERB

▪ very

▪ absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, stock-

▪ He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.

2 calm and quiet

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become, go

▪ Suddenly everything went still.

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ very

▪ completely

▪ It was a completely still, warm evening.

▪ strangely

▪ The air was strangely still and silent.

Still is used with these nouns: ↑air, ↑image, ↑photograph, ↑photography, ↑pool, ↑shot, ↑water
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adv.

Still is used with these adjectives: ↑alive, ↑amazed, ↑asleep, ↑awake, ↑better, ↑bright, ↑damp, ↑dark, ↑fresh, ↑furious, ↑hazy, ↑hungry, ↑intact, ↑intent, ↑interested, ↑legible, ↑light, ↑outstanding, ↑possible, ↑subject, ↑unable, ↑uncertain, ↑uncommon, ↑unconscious, ↑undecided, ↑unemployed, ↑unknown, ↑unsure, ↑unused to, ↑valid, ↑viable, ↑visible, ↑vivid, ↑worse

Still is used with these verbs: ↑amaze, ↑cling, ↑dream, ↑echo, ↑evoke, ↑exist, ↑function, ↑grieve, ↑hanker, ↑harp, ↑hate, ↑haunt, ↑insist, ↑like, ↑linger, ↑need, ↑persist, ↑prefer, ↑pursue, ↑rage, ↑recall, ↑regard, ↑remember, ↑retain, ↑sit, ↑stand, ↑stare, ↑survive, ↑sustain, ↑thrive, ↑tick, ↑tremble, ↑yearn

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Synonyms:

Silence, stifle, muffle, hush, lull, Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum, Yet, till now, to this time, Distillery, still-house / Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth, lull, Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly, However, nevertheless, notwithstanding, Distillatory, distilling vessel, alembic, stillatory / Stop, check, restrain, subdue, suppress, calm, quiet, Motionless, quiescent, at rest, inert, stagnant, stationary, Always, ever, continually, habitually, uniformly / Distil, Soft, gentle, mild, low, quiet, After that, after what is stated, in continuance, again

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STILL — GmbH Год основания 1920 год Ключевые фигуры Dr. Rolf Karg (председательствующий), Bert Jan Knoef, Dr. Lorenz Zwingmann Тип общество с ограниченной ответств … Википедия
STILL — GmbH Unternehmensform Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Unternehmenssitz … Deutsch Wikipedia
Still — Still, a. [Compar. {Stiller}; superl. {Stillest}.] [OE. stille, AS. stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. {Still}, adv.] 1. Motionless; at… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Still — Still, adv. [AS. stille quietly. See {Still}, a. The modern senses come from the idea of stopping and staying still, or motionless.] 1. To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet. [1913 Webster] It hath been … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Still — steht für Ortsnamen: die Gemeinde Still im Elsass, siehe Still (Bas Rhin) die Katastralgemeinde Still (Gemeinde Hofkirchen), Oberösterreich den Familiennamen folgender Personen: Andrew Taylor Still, (1828–1917), Begründer der Osteopathie Clyfford … Deutsch Wikipedia
still — still1 [stil] adj. [ME < OE stille, akin to Ger still < IE * stelnu < base * stel , to place, set up, standing, immobile > STALK1, STALL1, L locus, place, Gr stēlē, a post] 1. without sound; quiet; silent 2. hushed, soft, or low in… … English World dictionary
Still D.R.E. — «Still D.R.E.» Sencillo de Dr. Dre con Snoop Dogg del álbum 2001 Lado B Xxplosive Formato CD5, 12 Grabación 1997 Género(s) … Wikipedia Español
Still D.R.E. — «Still D.R.E.» Сингл Dr. Dre из альбома 2001 (альбом) … Википедия
Still — adj Still, stilly, quiet, silent, noiseless can all mean making no stir or noise. Still applies to what is motionless or at rest, often with the further implication of hush or absence of sound; sometimes one implication is stressed, sometimes the … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Still — Still, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stilling}.] [AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm. See {Still}, a.] 1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Still — Still, er, este, oder auch Stille, mit dem e euphonico, er, ste, adj. et adv. ein Wort, welches eine Abwesenheit sowohl der Bewegung, als des Lautes, des Geräusches bezeichnet. 1. Eigentlich. (1) In Absicht auf die Bewegung, keine Bewegung habend … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

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