still

still
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verb
Still is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand
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adj.
1 not moving
VERBS
be, hold, keep, lie, sit, stand, stay

Hold still a minute!

Please sit still!

hold sb/sth, keep sb/sth

I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.

ADVERB
very
absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, stock-

He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.

2 calm and quiet
VERBS
be
become, go

Suddenly everything went still.

remain
ADVERB
very
completely

It was a completely still, warm evening.

strangely

The air was strangely still and silent.

Still is used with these nouns: ↑air, ↑image, ↑photograph, ↑photography, ↑pool, ↑shot, ↑water
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adv.
Still is used with these adjectives: ↑alive, ↑amazed, ↑asleep, ↑awake, ↑better, ↑bright, ↑damp, ↑dark, ↑fresh, ↑furious, ↑hazy, ↑hungry, ↑intact, ↑intent, ↑interested, ↑legible, ↑light, ↑outstanding, ↑possible, ↑subject, ↑unable, ↑uncertain, ↑uncommon, ↑unconscious, ↑undecided, ↑unemployed, ↑unknown, ↑unsure, ↑unused to, ↑valid, ↑viable, ↑visible, ↑vivid, ↑worse
Still is used with these verbs: ↑amaze, ↑cling, ↑dream, ↑echo, ↑evoke, ↑exist, ↑function, ↑grieve, ↑hanker, ↑harp, ↑hate, ↑haunt, ↑insist, ↑like, ↑linger, ↑need, ↑persist, ↑prefer, ↑pursue, ↑rage, ↑recall, ↑regard, ↑remember, ↑retain, ↑sit, ↑stand, ↑stare, ↑survive, ↑sustain, ↑thrive, ↑tick, ↑tremble, ↑yearn

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