[stɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not moving or making a sound
(e.g: the still body of the young man)


Phrases:
- still and all
- still small voice
- still waters run deep

Origin:
Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’

[stɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- deep silence and calm; stillness
(e.g: the still of the night)

- an ordinary static photograph as opposed to a motion picture, especially a single shot from a cinema film
(e.g: film stills)


Phrases:
- still and all
- still small voice
- still waters run deep

Origin:
Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’

[stɪl], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly
(e.g: he still lives with his mother)

- nevertheless; all the same
(e.g: I'm afraid he's crazy. Still, he's harmless)

- even (used with comparatives for emphasis)
(e.g: write, or better still, type, captions for the pictures)


Phrases:
- still and all
- still small voice
- still waters run deep

Origin:
Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’

[stɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become still; quieten
(e.g: she raised her hand, stilling Erica's protests)


Phrases:
- still and all
- still small voice
- still waters run deep

Origin:
Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’

[stɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks such as whisky
(e.g: the fermented solution is moved into large copper stills for the distilling)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from the rare verb still ‘extract by distillation’, shortening of distil