still
verb/stɪl/
/stɪl/
[intransitive, transitive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they still | /stɪl/ /stɪl/ |
| he / she / it stills | /stɪlz/ /stɪlz/ |
| past simple stilled | /stɪld/ /stɪld/ |
| past participle stilled | /stɪld/ /stɪld/ |
| -ing form stilling | /ˈstɪlɪŋ/ /ˈstɪlɪŋ/ |
- to become calm and quiet; to make something calm and quiet
- The wind stilled.
- still somebody/something She spoke quietly to still the frightened child.
- (figurative) to still somebody’s doubts/fears
- His words stilled my fears.
Word Originverb Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’.
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