noun
Meaning 1
Obsolete spelling of standstill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
stand still
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verb
Meaning 2
To stop moving, to remain motionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, sometimes
Examples
- My legs were stiff because I'd been standing still for a long time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to tolerate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: move
Narrower terms: freeze, stop dead, grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: detenir moure — to stop moving
- French: detenir mouvoir — to stop moving
- Italian: detenere movere — to stop moving
- Italian: detenere muovere — to stop moving
- Latin: dētineō movēre — to stop moving
- Old English: ætstandan — to stop moving
- Portuguese: deter mover — to stop moving
- Portuguese: parar — to stop moving
- Portuguese: aquietar-se — to stop moving
- Spanish: quedarse quieto — to stop moving
- Catalan: no moure — to remain motionless
- French: ne mouvoir pas — to remain motionless
- Italian: non muovere — to remain motionless
- Italian: non movere — to remain motionless
- Latin: nōn moveō — to remain motionless
- Portuguese: não mover — to remain motionless
- Portuguese: ficar parado — to remain motionless
- Spanish: no mover — to remain motionless