still

/stɪl/ adjective

Definition

stand/stay/sit, etc still › to stand, stay, sit, etc without moving: Sit still so I can brush your hair.

PLACE › A still place is calm and quiet: It was night and the whole village was still.

DRINK UK › A still drink does not have any bubbles in it.

stillness noun [U]

(Definition of still adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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