adv constant; continual.
2. still ·noun a steep hill or ascent.
3. still ·vt to cause to fall by drops.
4. still ·adj in the future as now and before.
5. still ·adj after that; after what is stated.
6. still ·v a house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
7. still ·adv comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
8. still ·adv not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
9. still ·adj to stop, as noise; to silence.
10. still ·noun freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
11. still ·vi to drop, or flow in drops; to distill.
12. still ·adv motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
13. still ·adv uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
14. still ·adj in an increasing or additional degree; even more;
much used with comparatives.
15. still ·adj to this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
xvi. still ·adj in continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
xvii. still ·adv not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
xviii. still ·vt to expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
xix. still ·adj 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.
xx. still ·adj to appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
xxi. still ·adj notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless;
sometimes used as a conjunction. ·see synonym of but.
xxii. still ·v 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.