Definitions for stills

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stills still

Spelling: [stil]

IPA: /stɪl/

Stills is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in stills (illsst).

Definitions for stills

noun

1. stillness or silence:
2. Photography. a single photographic print, as one of the frames of a motion-picture film.
3. a distilling apparatus, consisting of a vessel in which a liquid is heated and vaporized and a cooling device or coil for condensing the vapor.
4. a distillery.

Idioms

1. still and all, nonetheless; even with everything considered:

adverb

1. at this or that time; as previously:
2. up to this or that time; as yet:
3. in the future as in the past:
4. even; in addition; yet (used to emphasize a comparative):
5. even then; yet; nevertheless:
6. without sound or movement; quietly:
7. at or to a greater distance or degree.
8. Archaic. steadily; constantly; always.

adjective

1. remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary:
2. free from sound or noise, as a place or persons; silent:
3. subdued or low in sound; hushed:
4. free from turbulence or commotion; peaceful; tranquil; calm:
5. without waves or perceptible current; not flowing, as water.
6. not effervescent or sparkling, as wine.
7. Photography. noting, pertaining to, or used for making single photographs, as opposed to a motion picture.

conjunction

1. and yet; but yet; nevertheless:

verb (used with object)

1. to silence or hush (sounds, voices, etc.).
2. to calm, appease, or allay:
3. to quiet, subdue, or cause to subside (waves, winds, commotion, tumult, passion, pain, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to become still or quiet.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to distill.

Origin of stills

before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English still(e), Old English stille; (noun) Middle English: a calm, derivative of the adj.; (v.) Middle English styllen, Old English stillan; (conjunction)

Examples for stills

Japanese distillers often use a combination of different types of stills and different casks, whereas the Scots cannot.

He “discovered” Ray Charles and helped shape the careers of the Rolling Stones, John Coltrane and Crosby, stills, and Nash.

With photos, video, and stills, National Geographic and Michael Nichols take users inside a pride of lions.

Would they find me there, Joe, up in the mountains, where you have the stills?

Neither snow nor winter wind dulls his plumage or stills his song.

For he stills our innermost fears, and fulfils our utmost longings.

Again, the piece was illustrated with stills from the Zapruder film.

“My esteemed mentor, Boris Fruman, showed us 100 slides of stills from films,” says Granik.

If they were moonshiners, where had they sold the product of their stills?

Nothing is more imperfect than the stills of a whiskey distillery.