STILL
verb
Synonyms
quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
Definitions
- 1. 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. He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it. Woodward.
- 2. To stop, as noise; to silence. With his name the mothers still their babies. Shak.
- 3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions. Shak. Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. Hawthorne.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
STILL
(adjective)
1. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer.
2. Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience...
STILL
(adverb)
1. To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet. It hath been anciently reported, and is still received. Bacon.
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STILL
(noun)
1. Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight. [Poetic]
2. A steep hill or ascent. [Obs.] W. Browne.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
