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Definition of still verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

still

verb

NAmE//stɪl//

[intransitive, transitive] (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they still

he / she / it stills

past simple stilled

-ing form stilling

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1to become calm and quiet; to make something calm and quiet The wind stilled. still somebody/something She spoke quietly to still the frightened child.

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2(figurative) to still someone's doubts/fears

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still adverb
still adjective
still noun
still life noun
stock-still adverb
still waters run deep
the still of the night
a/the still small voice
(still) wet behind the ears
be still/back in the game
the jury is (still) out on something

Idioms

still waters run deep
the still of the night
a/the still small voice
(still) wet behind the ears
be still/back in the game
the jury is (still) out on something

Nearby words

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stillbirth noun
stillborn adjective