STILL
What does "STILL" mean?
Up to and including the present or a stated time; continuing as before.
Meanings
- Even now, or even then; continuing to be the case. It's noon and he's still asleep.
- Not moving; calm and quiet. The lake was perfectly still at dawn.
- Nevertheless; in spite of that. It rained all day; still, we had fun.
- An apparatus for distilling alcohol or other liquids. The whisky comes off the copper still at high proof.
- A single photographic image taken from or for a film. The studio released a still from the upcoming movie.
Word origin
From Old English 'stille' (motionless, calm); the distillery 'still' is a shortened form of 'distill', from Latin 'distillare' (to drip down).
Remember it
STILL stands still on its two tall L's like two legs planted and not moving.
A little poem
The pond holds the sky-
no wind dares to sign its name.
Still here. Still. And still.
haiku
Wordplay
- The water that won't move and the machine that makes whisky share a name - which is funny, because one keeps you still and the other does not.
What it teaches
The same word means 'unmoving' and 'even now' - because what endures is usually what learned to be quiet.
Quick facts
What does STILL mean?
Up to and including the present or a stated time; continuing as before.
Is STILL a valid word?
Yes — STILL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STILL?
STILL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STILL come from?
From Old English 'stille' (motionless, calm); the distillery 'still' is a shortened form of 'distill', from Latin 'distillare' (to drip down).
What can STILL teach us?
The same word means 'unmoving' and 'even now' - because what endures is usually what learned to be quiet.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.