sit still
To remain motionless.
The dog wouldn't sit still while I gave him a bath.
still
UK /stɪl/ US [stɪɫ]
noun 8adj 5adv 5verb 4name 1
Definitions
adj
1
Not moving; calm.
Sit there and stay still!
Still waters run deep.
2
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
still water; still wines
3
Uttering no sound; silent.
The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.
4
Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion.
5
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
[…] a still small voice.
adv
1
Without motion.
They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
2
Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
3
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.
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed.
4
Nevertheless.
I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
Yeah, but still...
5
Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.
[W]hereas many Chymiſts vvould be vaſtly rich, if they could ſtill do in great Quantities vvhat they have ſometimes done in little ones, many have undone themſelves by obſtinately attempting to make even real Experiments more gainful.
noun
1
A period of calm or silence.
the still of the night
Between the roar of the thunder and the blatter of the rain there were intervals of an astounding still, of an ominous suspense […]
2
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
3
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
4
A resident of the Falkland Islands.
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