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unmoving, peaceful, pacific, at rest, quiescent, even, flat,<br />

smooth, inert, stationary, undisturbed, unruffled: In the<br />

moonlight, the lake lay still and dark. 2 silent, quiet,<br />

noiseless, soundless; hushed, restful, Literary stilly: Be<br />

still or they'll hear you! In the still night I heard the<br />

distant sound of an owl.<br />

--n. 3 stillness, hush, quiet, silence, tranquillity,<br />

noiselessness, peacefulness, calm: In the still of the evening<br />

came the call of the nightingale.<br />

--adv. 4 even now, to or till or until this or that time, (up)<br />

till or until now, yet: Henry came for dinner five years ago,<br />

and he's here still. Do you still smoke? 5 even, in addition:<br />

Hugh weighed twenty stone when you last saw him, but he's<br />

heavier still today. 6 notwithstanding, yet, even then: Are you<br />

still going to Sue's party, despite what she said?. 7<br />

motionless(ly), quiet(ly), silent(ly), stock-still: Lie still<br />

while I put on this bandage.<br />

--conj. 8 however, but, notwithstanding, nevertheless, even so,<br />

in any event, in any case: She said she'd be here; still, you<br />

never know, she may come later.<br />

--v. 9 calm, allay, assuage, alleviate, relieve, silence, lull,<br />

quiet(en), pacify, soothe, mollify, appease, subdue, suppress:<br />

A few kind words and she had stilled my fears.<br />

stilted adj. awkward, ungraceful, graceless, clumsy, wooden, stiff,<br />

turgid, affected, artificial, unnatural, mannered, laboured;<br />

pretentious, formal, pompous, lofty, bombastic, grandiloquent,<br />

high-flown, inflated: Francis has a stilted way of expressing<br />

himself.<br />

stimulant n. 1 stimulus, incentive, provocation, spur, prompt, goad,<br />

urge, prod, fillip, impetus, incitement, drive, impulse, push,<br />

pull, draw: She yielded readily to the stimulants of<br />

literature, science, and the fine arts. 2 energizer,<br />

antidepressant, tonic, restorative, Colloq bracer, pick-me-up,<br />

shot in the arm, Slang pep pill, upper, bennie, speed: He found<br />

he couldn't get through the day without a stimulant.<br />

stimulate v. 1 rouse, arouse, waken, awaken, wake up, excite, incite,

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