
still and all
[Middle English, from Old English stille.]
SYNONYMS still, quiet, silent, noiseless, soundless. These adjectives mean marked by or making no sound, noise, or movement. Still implies lack of motion or disturbance and often connotes rest or tranquillity: "But after tempest . . . /There came a day as still as heaven" (Tennyson). Quiet suggests the absence of bustle, tumult, or agitation: "life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few" (John Ruskin). Silent can suggest a profound hush: "I like the silent church before the service begins" (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Noiseless and soundless imply the absence of disturbing sound: "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time" (Shakespeare). "the soundless footsteps on the grass" (John Galsworthy).

[From Middle English stillen, to distill, from distillen. See distill.]
Photograph, slide, or painting showing an individual or a scene frozen in time.
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Idioms beginning with still:
still and all
still small voice
still waters run deep
See also heart misses a beat (stands still); hold still; jury is still out; keep quiet (still); quiet (still) as a mouse.
Definition: calm, motionless, quiet
Antonyms: active, agitated, moving, stirred, unquiet
adj
Definition: quiet
Antonyms: noisy
n
Definition: quiet
Antonyms: commotion, disturbance, noise
v
Definition: make quiet, motionless, calm
Antonyms: agitate, disturb, irritate, move, stir up
The cat sat perfectly still like a statue.
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A still is an apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible (e.g. steam distillation) liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. Stills have been used to produce perfume and medicine, Water for Injection (WFI) for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and most famously, to produce distilled beverages containing ethyl alcohol.
Since ethyl alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water, a common application of the process of distillation is to produce strong alcoholic drinks. Usually a still used for this purpose is made of copper, since it removes sulfur-based compounds from the alcohol that would make it unpleasant to drink. Modern stills are made of stainless steel with copper innards (piping, for example, will be lined with copper along with copper plate inlays along still walls). Using this combination of metals is much cheaper as it prevents erosion of the entire vessel and lowers copper levels in the waste product (which in large distilleries is processed to become animal feed). All copper stills will require repairs about every 8 years because of copper erosion from the compounds it is designed to remove; this erosion is therefore unavoidable. The alcohol industry was the first to use anything close to a modern distillation apparatus and led the way in developing what is now a large part of the chemical industry.
There is also an increasing usage of distillation of gin under glass and PTFE, and even at reduced pressures, to facilitate a fresher product. This is irrelevant to alcohol quality, because the process starts with triple distilled grain alcohol, and the distillation is used solely to harvest botanical flavors such as limonene and other terpene like compounds. The ethyl alcohol is relatively unchanged.
The simplest standard distillation apparatus is commonly known as a pot still, consisting of a single heated chamber and a vessel to collect purified alcohol. A pot still incorporates only one condensation, whereas other types of distillation equipment have multiple stages which result in higher purification of the more volatile component (alcohol). Pot still distillation gives an incomplete separation, but this can be desirable for the flavor of some distilled beverages.
If a purer distillate is desired, a reflux still is the most common solution. Reflux stills incorporate a fractionating column, commonly created by filling copper vessels with glass beads to maximize available surface area. As alcohol boils, condenses, and reboils through the column, the effective number of distillations greatly increases. Vodka and gin and other neutral grain spirits are distilled by this method, then diluted to concentrations appropriate for human consumption.
Alcoholic products from home distilleries are common throughout the world, but are sometimes in violation of local statutes. The product of illegal stills in the United States is commonly referred to as moonshine and in Ireland, poteen.
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - stille, tavs, rolig, ikke mousserende
n. - stille
adv. - stille, endnu, stadig, dog
v. tr. - berolige, lindre, stille, bringe til ro, bringe til tavshed
v. intr. - blive stille, falde til ro
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2.
n. - destillationsapparat, destillérkar, brændevinsbrænderi, hjemmebrænderi
Nederlands (Dutch)
nog, toch, nog steeds, alsnog, stil, onbeweeglijk, kalm, stilte, kalmte, foto, distilleer apparaat, kalmeren
Français (French)
1.
adj. - tranquille, calme, immobile
n. - tranquillité, calme, (Cin, Phot) photographie, photographie de nature morte
adv. - toujours, encore, cependant, pourtant, toutefois, néanmoins
v. tr. - faire taire, calmer
v. intr. - se calmer
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2.
n. - alambic (pour distillerie), distillerie
Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - still, ruhig, unbeweglich
n. - Stille, Standfoto, Destillierapparat
adv. - trotzdem, noch
v. - zur Ruhe bringen, stillen
idioms:
2.
n. - Destillierapparat
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σιωπηλός, ήρεμος, ακύμαντος, (για ποτά) μη ανθρακούχος
adv. - ακόμα, ωστόσο, μολαταύτα
conj. - ωστόσο
n. - ακινησία, ηρεμία, βαθιά σιωπή, αποστακτήρας, λαμπίκος, καρέ ταινίας
v. - κατευνάζω, κατασιγάζω, ηρεμώ, γαληνεύω, ακινητοποιώ
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Italiano (Italian)
eppure, tuttora, tuttavia, calma, quieto, silenzioso, fermo, immobile
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Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imóvel, tranqüilo
adv. - ainda, sempre
conj. - contudo
n. - tranqüilidade (f)
v. - acalmar
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Русский (Russian)
спокойный, безмолвный, негромкий, спокойно, неподвижно, утихомиривать, успокаивать, утолять, перегонять, до сих пор, по-прежнему, еще (в сравнении), кроме того, еще, однако, тишина, фотоснимок, рекламный кадр, перегонный куб, винокуренный завод
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Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - silencioso, tranquilo, sosegado, inmóvil, quieto, quedo, apacible, mudo, suave, muerto, inanimado
n. - silencio, tranquilidad, quietud, silencioso, alambique
adv. - aún, todavía, continuamente, constantemente, sin cesar
v. tr. - acallar, hacer callar, aquietar, calmar, apaciguar, detener, parar
v. intr. - calmarse, aquietarse
idioms:
2.
n. - destilería, bodegón
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stilla, dämpad, sakta, lugn, beständigt
adv. - tyst och stilla, fortfarande, ännu, alltjämt
conj. - likväl, ändå, dock, men ändå
n. - stillbild, filmbild, reklambild, destillationsapparat, bränneri
v. - lugna, tysta
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 静止的, 静寂的, 不动的, 寂静, 照片, 剧照, 还, 更, 仍, 使平静, 使静止, 止住, 静止, 平静
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2. 蒸馏室, 蒸馏器, 酿酒场
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 靜止的, 靜寂的, 不動的
n. - 寂靜, 照片, 劇照
adv. - 還, 更, 仍
v. tr. - 使平靜, 使靜止, 止住
v. intr. - 靜止, 平靜
idioms:
2.
n. - 蒸餾室, 蒸餾器, 釀酒場
한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 조용한, 정지한, 잔잔한
n. - 스틸 사진, 정적, 정물화
adv. - 여전히, 그럼에도 불구하고, 한층
v. tr. - 고요하게 하다, 완화 시키다, 달래다
v. intr. - 조용해지다, 가라앉다
2.
n. - 증류기, 증류수 양조장
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 静止した, 静かな, 風のない, 泡の立たない, 低い, 優しい
adv. - まだ, それでもなお, しかし, なおいっそう
n. - 静けさ, スチール写真, 蒸留器, 蒸留酒製造所
v. - 静かにさせる
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العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) ساكن, هادىء, راكد, راقد (ظرف) بلا حركه, ساكنا (حرف عطف) و مع ذلك, رغم ذلك (الاسم) جهاز تقطير المشروبات الروحيه, لقطه من فلم, سكون الليل (فعل) سكن, هدأ, اسكت
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שקט, דומם, לא-נע, לא-תוסס
n. - דממה, דומייה, תמונה (מתוך סרט)
adv. - עדיין, עוד, למרות זאת, ברם
v. tr. - שקט, נרגע, שכך
v. intr. - הרגיע, שיכך, השקיט
n. - מזקקה
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