Still

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1. Adverb

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

2. Adverb

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

3. Adverb

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

4. Adverb

Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.

5. Adverb

Constant; continual.

6. Adverb

Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.

7. Noun

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

8. Noun

A steep hill or ascent.

9. Adjective

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

10. Adjective

In the future as now and before.

11. Adjective

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

12. Adjective

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

13. Adjective

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

14. Adjective

After that; after what is stated.

15. Adjective

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.

16. Adjective

To stop, as noise; to silence.

17. Adjective

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

18. Verb

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.

19. Verb

A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

20. Verb

To cause to fall by drops.

21. Verb

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

22. Verb

To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.

23. Noun

a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
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