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still
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet, calm; without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed; moving little or gently; silent; not loud; secret; unchanging, undisturbed, stable, fixed; not vehement, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *still? (“quiet, still”), 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, 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).
Alternative forms
- stil
- stille, styll, stylle (obsolete)
Adjective
still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (obsolete) Constant; continual.
Synonyms
- (not moving): fixed, stationary, unmoving, static, inert, stagnant; see also Thesaurus:stationary or Thesaurus:immobile
- (not effervescing): flat, uneffervescent; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
- (uttering no sound): noiseless, soundless; see also Thesaurus:silent
- (having the same stated quality):
- (comparatively quiet): hushed, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:quiet
- (constant, continual): incessant, ongoing, unremitting; see also Thesaurus:continuous
Derived terms
- still life
- stillness
- unstill
Related terms
- be still my heart
- be still my beating heart
- still waters run deep
Translations
Adverb
still (not comparable)
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- As sunshine, broken in the rill, / Though turned astray, is sunshine still.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, Unsucceeding Experiments
- Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they have sometimes done in little.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
Synonyms
- (without motion): akinetically, motionlessly, stock still, stockishly
- (up to a time): yet
- (to an even greater degree): yet, even
- (nevertheless): nonetheless, though, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
- (always): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
- (even, yet):
Translations
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A period of calm or silence.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A steep hill or ascent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Browne to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (period of calm): lull, rest, respite; quiet, tranquility
- (resident of the Falkland Islands): Benny, Falklander, Kelper
Translations
Etymology 2
Via Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin stilla.
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Translations
See also
- pot still
Etymology 3
From Old English stillan.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- To calm down, to quiet.
Synonyms
- becalm, lull, quell; see also Thesaurus:pacify
Translations
Etymology 4
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
Translations
Anagrams
- Tills, lilts, tills
German
Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stilli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?l/
Adjective
still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)
- quiet, silent
Declension
Adverb
still
- quietly, silently
Further reading
- “still” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?til/
Adjective
still
- quiet, silent
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
still
- imperative of stille
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
still
- imperative of stilla
Etymology 2
Adjective
still (masculine and feminine still, neuter stilt, definite singular and plural stille, comparative stillare, indefinite superlative stillast, definite superlative stillaste)
- Alternative form of stille
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?til/, [es?t?il]
Noun
still m (plural stills)
- (photography) still
still From the web:
- what still remains
- what still open near me
- what still remains during secondary succession
- what still remains cast
- what still supports flash
- what still grows when you die
- what still remains trailer
- what still here
rest
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?st, IPA(key): /??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophone: wrest
Etymology 1
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English rest, ræst (“rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep, resting-place, a bed, couch, grave”), from Proto-Germanic *rast?, *rastij? (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ???? (er??, “rest, respite”), Avestan ????????????????????????? (airime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit ???? (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic ???????????????????? (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
Noun
rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Synonyms: sleep, slumber
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Synonyms: break, repose, time off
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- And the land had rest fourscore years.
- Synonyms: peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
- Synonym: peace
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- Hyponyms: breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- Antonym: motion
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Hypernym: bridge
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- Synonyms: (of a telephone) cradle, support
- Hyponyms: arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- their visors closed, their lances in the rest
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times
- halfway houses and travellers' rests
- c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- 1874, New York Court of Appeals, Records and Briefs
- a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest
- 1874, New York Court of Appeals, Records and Briefs
- (dated) A set or game at tennis.
Antonyms
- activity
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English resten, from Old English restan (“to rest, cease from toil, be at rest, sleep, rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave, remain unmoved or undisturbed, be still, rest from, remain, lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).
Verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive, transitive, reflexive, copulative) To be or to put into a state of rest.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:
- And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- 1700, John Dryden, Sigismonda and Guiscardo
- On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
- 1700, John Dryden, Sigismonda and Guiscardo
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- to rest in Heaven's determination
Synonyms
- (lie down and take repose, especially by sleeping): relax
- (give rest to): relieve
- (stop working): have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out
- (be situated): be, lie, remain, reside, stay
- (transitive: lean, lay): lay, lean, place, put
- (intransitive: lie, lean): lean, lie
Troponyms
- (lie down and take repose): nap, sleep
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin rest? (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + st? (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English l?f (“remnant, remainder”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?st, IPA(key): /??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
rest (uncountable)
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- Synonyms: lave, remainder
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- 1676, Bishop Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
- Plato and the rest of the philosophers
- Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
- 1676, Bishop Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
- (Britain, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Synonyms
- (that which remains): See also Thesaurus:remainder
Derived terms
- all the rest
Translations
Verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- ("Be glad, be joyful"; later: "Good luck to you.")
- (transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.
- ("May God grant you happiness and peace, gentlemen"; literally: "May God keep you happy and in peace, gentlemen.")
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 4
Aphetic form of arrest.
Verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
- (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.
Anagrams
- -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rets, tres
Czech
Etymology
From German Rest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?st]
- Hyphenation: rest
Noun
rest m inan
- (mostly in plural) backlog, unfinished business
- arrear(s)
Declension
Further reading
- rest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- rest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- setr
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French reste, probably via German Rest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??asd?], [???sd?]
- Homophone: rast
Noun
rest c (singular definite resten, plural indefinite rester)
- remnant, remainder, rest
- (in the plural) scraps of food
- (mathematics) residue, remainder
Derived terms
- forresten
- madrest
- restgæld
- restlager
- restklasse
References
- “rest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch reste, from Middle French reste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?st/
- Hyphenation: rest
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
rest f (plural resten, diminutive restje n)
- rest (that which remains)
- Synonyms: overblijfsel, overschot
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: res
Anagrams
- erts, ster
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Northern Italian dialect, compare Emilian rest, Piedmontese rest, Romagnol rést, Italian resto (“rest”), from restare, from Latin rest? (“I stay behind, remain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r??t]
- Hyphenation: rest
- Rhymes: -??t
Adjective
rest (comparative restebb, superlative legrestebb)
- lazy
- Synonyms: henye, lusta, renyhe, tunya
Declension
Derived terms
- restell
- restség
(Expressions):
- a rest kétszer fárad
Further reading
- rest in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Ladin
Noun
rest m (plural resc)
- rest, residue
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from French reste.
Noun
rest m (definite singular resten, indefinite plural rester, definite plural restene)
- remainder, rest
Derived terms
- forresten
- matrest
References
- “rest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from French reste.
Noun
rest m (definite singular resten, indefinite plural restar, definite plural restane)
- remainder, rest
Derived terms
- forresten
- matrest
References
- “rest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rast?, *rastij? (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rest/
Noun
rest f
- rest
- resting place; bed
Derived terms
- restl?as
Descendants
- Middle English: reste, rest; (rüst, rist)
- Scots: rest
- English: rest
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French reste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rest/
Noun
rest n (plural resturi)
- rest (remainder)
Declension
See also
- r?mas, r?m??i??
Noun
rest (definite singular restul)
- change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
Usage notes
- The use of the meaning for change is restrictive to money, usually in small sums, taken after making a transaction. To describe such change when it is in one's pocket or lying around, the term m?run?i? is preferred.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
rest c
- (plural only) remainder, rest (what remains)
- (mathematics) remainder
- leftover
Declension
Verb
rest
- supine of resa.
- past participle of resa.
Anagrams
- ters
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hreistr.
Noun
rest m
- fish scales
Related terms
- res
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rísta (pret. reist).
Verb
rest
- to plough
- to carve
Noun
rest m
- a plough
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