Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 160
Still (adv.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
As sunshine, broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine still. -- Moore.
Still (adv.) After that; after what is stated.
In the primitive church, such as by fear being compelled to sacrifice to strange gods, after repented, and kept still the office of preaching the gospel. -- Whitgift.
Still and anon, At intervals and repeatedly; continually; ever and anon; now and then.
And like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time. -- Shak.
Stilled (imp. & p. p.) of Still.
Stilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Still.
Still (v. t.) 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.
He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it. -- Woodward.
Still (v. t.) To stop, as noise; to silence.
With his name the mothers still their babies. -- Shak.
Still (v. t.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions. -- Shak.
Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. -- Hawthorne.
Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
Still (n.) 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.
Still (n.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Still watcher, A device for indicating the progress of distillation by the density of the liquid given over. -- Knight.
Still (v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.
Still (v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill. -- Tusser.
Still (v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Still (adv.) With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; "it's still warm outside"; "will you still love me when we're old and grey?" [ant: no longer, no more].
Still (adv.) Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding].
Still (adv.) To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still].
Still (adv.) Without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer" [syn: still, stock-still].
Still (a.) Not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: inactive, motionless, static, still].
Still (a.) Marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: silent, soundless, still].
Still (a.) (Of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled].
Still (a.) Used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; "a still photograph"; "Cezanne's still life of apples" [ant: moving].
Still (a.) Not sparkling; "a still wine"; "still mineral water" [syn: still, noneffervescent] [ant: effervescent, sparkling].
Still (a.) Free from noticeable current; "a still pond"; "still waters run deep".
Still (n.) A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad".
Still (n.) (Poetic) Tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still].
Still (n.) An apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed.
Still (n.) A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation [syn: distillery, still].
Still (v.) Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on].
Still (v.) Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up] [ant: louden].
Still (v.) Lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease].
Still (v.) Make motionless.
Stillage (n.) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
Stillatitious (a.) Falling in drops; drawn by a still.
-ries (n. pl. ) of Stillatory.
Stillatory (a.) An alembic; a vessel for distillation.
Stillatory (a.) A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed.
Stillbirth (n.) The birth of a dead fetus.
Stillborn (a.) Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
Stillborn (a.) Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.
Still-burn (p. pr. & vb. n.) To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
Still-closing (a.) Ever closing.
Stiller (n.) One who stills, or quiets.
Stillhouse (n.) A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.
Still-hunt (n.) A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.
Stillicide (n.) A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.
Stillicidious (a.) Falling in drops.
Stilliform (a.) Having the form of a drop.
Stilling (n.) A stillion.
Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. -- J. A. Symonds.
Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
The gravity and stillness of your youth The world hath noted. -- Shak.
Stillness (n.) (Poetic) Tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still].
Stillness (n.) Calmness without winds [syn: stillness, windlessness].
Stillness (n.) A state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness] [ant: motion].
Stillroom (n.) A room for distilling.
Stillroom (n.) An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. [Eng.]
Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. -- Dickens.
Stillroom (n.) A pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc [syn: stillroom, still room].
Stillstand (n.) A standstill. [R.] -- Shak.
Stilly (a.) Still; quiet; calm.
Stilly (adv.) In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.
Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.
Stilt (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
Stilt (n.) A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.
Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
Stilted (imp. & p. p.) of Stilt.
Stilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stilt.
Stilt (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
Stiltbird (n.) See Stilt, n., 3.
Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
Stiltify (v. t.) To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.
Stime (n.) A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.
Stimulant (a.) Serving to stimulate.
Stimulant (a.) Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.
Stimulant (n.) That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.
Stimulant (n.) An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; -- sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant.
Stimulated (imp. & p. p.) of Stimulate.
Stimulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stimulate.
Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.
To excite and stimulate us thereunto. -- Dr. J. Scott.
Stimulate (v. t.) (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense.
Stimulate (v.) Act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant: dampen, stifle].
Stimulate (v.) Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make].
Stimulate (v.) Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
Stimulate (v.) Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize].
Stimulate (v.) Cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten].
Stimulate (v.) Stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir].
Stimulate (v.) Provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate].
Stimulation (n.) The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
Stimulation (n.) (Physiol.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
Stimulation (n.) The act of arousing an organism to action.
Stimulation (n.) Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action [syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input].
Stimulation (n.) (Physiology) The effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.).
Stimulation (n.) Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse [syn: foreplay, arousal, stimulation].
Stimulative (a.) Having the quality of stimulating.
Stimulative (n.) That which stimulates.
Stimulative (a.) Capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent [ant: depressant].
Stimulator (n.) One who stimulates.
Stimulatress (n.) A woman who stimulates.
Stimulism (n.) (Med.) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
Stimulism (n.) (Med.) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. -- Dr. H. Hartshorne.
Stimuli (n. pl. ) of Stimulus.
Stimulus (v. t.) A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.
Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ.
Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Sting (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
Sting (v. t.) The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting (v. t.) A goad; incitement.
Sting (v. t.) The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Stung (imp. & p. p.) of Sting.
Stang () of Sting.
Stinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting.
Sting (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
Sting (v. t.) To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Stingaree (n.) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.
Stingbull (n.) The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.
Stinger (n.) 有刺的動物；（昆蟲的）螫針；刺；愛挖苦的人；諷刺者；【英】【口】雞尾酒 One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusae of our seas are stingers. -- Owen.
Stinger (n.) A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy.
Stinger (n.) A remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, cut].
Stinger (n.) A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder.
Stinger (n.) A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland.
Stinger (n.) A sharp stinging blow.
Stinger (n.) An insect or animal that stings, such as a bee or jellyfish.
‘Bees and wasps are the most commonly encountered stingers.’
Stinger (n.) The part of an insect or animal that holds a sting.
‘Scorpions use their stinger judiciously.’
Stinger (n.) ( Informal) A painful blow.
Stinger (n.) (Stinger) A heat-seeking ground-to-air missile that is launched from the shoulder.
‘Later, Washington transferred the shoulder-fired, ground-to-air Stinger missiles that lessened Moscow's aerial dominance and contributed to the Soviet withdrawal in 1989.’
Stinger Missile (n.) 刺針防空導彈 Lightweight, portable air defense, The Stinger® missile is a lightweight, self-contained air defense system that can be rapidly deployed by ground troops. Combat proven in four major conflicts, the weapon has more than 270 fixed- and rotary-wing intercepts to its credit. It's deployed in 19 nations and with all four U.S. military services.
Stingfish (n.) (Zool.) The weever.
Stingily (adv.) In a stingy manner.
Stinginess (n.) 吝嗇；寒酸 The quality or state of being stingy.
Stinginess (n.) A lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money [ant: {generosity}, {generousness}]
Stinging (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
Stingless (a.) Having no sting.
Stingo (n.) Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.
Stingtail (n.) A sting ray.
Stingy (a.) Stinging; able to sting.
Compare: Stinging
Stinging (a.) 刺般的；激烈的；尖酸的；刺痛的；Sting的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting.
‘A swarm of stinging insects.’
‘The stinging tentacles of the jellyfish.’
Stinging (a.) Characterized by a sharp tingling or burning sensation.
‘A stinging pain.’
Stinging (a.) (Of criticism) Harsh or cruel.
‘A stinging rebuke.’
Stingy (a.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. -- L'estrange.
Compare: Covetous
Covetous (a.) 垂涎的；貪圖的；渴望的 [（+of）] Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
‘She fingered the linen with covetous hands.’
Stingy (a.) Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: stingy, ungenerous] [ant: generous].
Stingy (a.) Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample].
Stunk (imp. & p. p.) of Stink.
Stank () of Stink.
Stinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stink.
Stink (v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Stink (v. t.) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Stink (n.) A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
Stinkard (n.) A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.
Stinkard (n.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.