“stilling” is a form of
still
/ˈstɪl/ adjective, adverb, noun, verb, proper noun
Forms stiller stillest stills stilling stilled stil stille styll stylle
- adjective Not moving; calm. “Sit there and stay still!”
- adjective Not effervescing; not sparkling. “still water; still wines”
- adjective Uttering no sound; silent.
- adjective (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- adjective Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- adjective (obsolete) Constant; continual.
- adjective (botany, dated) Dormant. “a still spore”
- adverb Without motion. “They stood still until the guard was out of sight.”
- adverb (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time. “Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.”
- adverb (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. “Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.”
- adverb (conjunctive) Nevertheless. “I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.”
- adverb (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- adverb (extensive) Even, yet. “Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.”
- noun A period of calm or silence. “the still of the night”
- noun (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- noun (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- noun (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- noun A device for distilling liquids.
- noun (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- noun (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
Synonyms
fixed stationary unmoving at rest dull impassive inanimate lifeless motionless sedent sedentary stock-still torpid unmoved calm steady collected composed cool-headed equable hush stillness distillery calm down quiet tranquilize tranquillize tranquillise quieten lull
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).
Via Middle English stillen, clip of distillen; Old French distiller; Latin distillare, from dis- + stillare, from Latin stilla.
Inherited from Old English stillan.
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer.
- adjective Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
- noun Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
- noun A steep hill or ascent. [Obs.] W. Browne.
Etymology [OE. stille, AS. stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. Still, adv.]
Etymology [Cf. G. stille.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “still”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details