still

/stɪl/

US pronunciation

American sound/stɪl/

still

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> still

Myanmar meaning

(adv) တုန်း (adj) ငြိမ်သော

Full entry

still¹ /stÇl/ adj (-er,-est )

၁။ (က) ငြိမ်သော။ မလှုပ်သော။ ငြိမ်သက်သော။ မလှုပ်မယှက်သော။ still water ❍ absolutely/ completely/ perfectly still ❍ Please keep/ stay/ hold/ sit/ stand still while I take your photograph. (ခ) (လေ)ငြိမ်သော။ တိတ်သော။ a still summer day. ❍ QUIET
၂။ အမြှုပ်မထသော။ still cider/ orange/ mineral water.
n
၁။ [C] ရုပ်ငြိမ်။ ရုပ်သေ။ still photography
❍ publicity stills from a new film.
၂။ the ~ of sth တိတ်ဆိတ် ငြိမ်သက်ခြင်း။ လူခြေတိတ်ချိန်။ in the still of the night.
v (fml ) ငြိမ်သည်။ ငြိမ်သက်သည်။ အေးငြိမ်းစေသည်။ The wind/ waves stilled. ❍ She tried to still her doubts/ fears.
❏ still life n (က) [U] ပန်း၊ သစ်သီးစသည့် သက်မဲ့အရာ ဝတ္ထုကို ပုံတူရေးဆွဲခြင်း။ သက်မဲ့ဝတ္ထုပုံ။ I prefer landscape to still life.
(ခ) [C] (pl still lifes ) သက်မဲ့ဝတ္ထုပုံ။ ပုံ။
❏ stillness n [U] တိတ်ဆိတ်ငြိမ်သက်ခြင်း။
❏ the still small voice (of conscience) [IDM ] (rhet ) အမှားအမှန်ခွဲခြားသိစိတ်။ လိပ်ပြာ။
❏ still waters run deep [IDM ](saying ) လူသန်မပြော (လူပြောမသန်)။

still² /stÇl / adv

၁။ ထက်တိုင်။ အထိ။ သေး။ တုန်း။ It's still raining. ❍ Do you still live in London? ❍ He still hopes/ is still hoping to hear from her. ❍ Will you still be here when I get back? ❍ I still can't do it. ❍ We could still change our minds. ❍ She died ten years ago, but I think about her still.
၂။ သို့ဖြစ်စေကာမူ။ သည့်တိုင်အောင်။ ဒါပေမဲ့။ Although she felt ill, she still went to work. ❍ He's treated you badly: still, he's your brother and you should help him.
၃။ (က) သာ၍…သေး။ ပို၍…သေး။ Tom is tall, but Mary is taller still. ❍ The next day was warmer still. ❍ It never stopped raining, and worse still, we got lost.
(ခ) ပို၍ပင်။ He came up with still more stories.

still³/stÇl / n

အရက်ပေါင်းအိုး။ အရက်ဖို။ အရက်ချက်ရုံ။
a whisky still. See also DISTIL ၁(ခ)

More examples

We were still cleaning the house when the guests started to arrive.
Her hair was still damp from her walk in the rain.
The car’s doors were locked, but the motor was still running.
Is Terry still in college?
If we have to, we can still request assistance from other authorities.
We knew we wouldn’t win the game, but it was still exciting!
This is a short novel, but it is still too long.
I hadn’t seen him for 25 years. Still, I recognized him immediately when I saw him.
[still bigger/better/worse/more interesting etc] : The freezing cold weather made our task still more difficult.
It would be nice to see Audrey again, and it would be still nicer if she could bring the children.
[worse/better/larger etc still] : Greg’s medical expenses are a massive drain and, worse still, he may lose his job.

Synonyms

motionless, immobile, unmoving, at rest, at a standstill, at a halt, tranquil, silent, quiet, stagnant, static, after all, allay, alleviate, appease, arrest, balm, banish, be that as it may, becalm, besides, but, buttoned up, calm, calm down, choke, clammed up, close-mouthed, closed, compose, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, decrease volume, dispel, even, even now, even so, fix, fixed, for all that, furthermore, gag, halcyon, howbeit, however, hush, hushed, hushful, in spite of everything, inert, lifeless, lull, make quiet, muffle, muzzle, nevertheless, no matter, noiseless, noiselessness, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the other hand, pacific, pacify, peace, peaceful, placid, quieten, quietness, quietude, restful, sealed, serene, settle, shush, shut down, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, smooth over, soothe, soundless, soundlessness, squash, squelch, stable, stall, stationary, still and all, stillness, stock-still, stop, subdue, though, tranquilize, tranquillity, undisturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, whist, withal, yet

Antonyms

advance, aggravate, agitate, agitated, allow, anger, arouse, broken, changeable, clamor, commotion, destroy, disarrange, distress, disturb, disturbance, encourage, excite, help, incite, intensify, irritate, let go, move, moving, noise, provoke, release, rouse, start, stir up, stirred, unfixed, unquiet, unsettle, upset, variable, worry