Meaning & use
still
Not moving; free from motion, sound, or disturbance.
See it in a sentence
The lake was completely still at dawn, without a single ripple.
Please stay completely still while I take this photograph of everyone.
A note on using this word
As an adverb, 'still' often means 'up to this time,' as in 'she still lives there,' quite different from the adjective sense.
Words with a similar meaning
motionlesscalm
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
movingactive
Another way to use it
2. adverb
Continuing up to the present or a specified time, in spite of something.
Despite the rain, they still went ahead with the picnic.
3. noun
An apparatus used to distill alcoholic spirits.
The farmer kept an old copper still in the barn.
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