English-Dutch translations for still

• nog
  We wachten nog steeds op hun komst.We are still waiting for them.
  De wereld loopt nog steeds op koolstof. The world still runs on carbon.
  Er is nog een lange weg te gaan. There is still a long way to go.
• nog steeds
  We wachten nog steeds op hun komst.We are still waiting for them.
  De wereld loopt nog steeds op koolstof. The world still runs on carbon.
  Wij staan nog steeds op dit standpunt. We still maintain this position.
• toch
  En toch zitten we nog steeds op 1,5 procent. However, we are still at 1.5%.
  De etikettering is toch maar een illusie. Labelling is still an illusion.
  Toch hebben we ze niet gekregen. Still we have not received them.
• alsnog
  Ik wil alsnog een beroep op die partij doen om dit verslag te ondersteunen. Still, I would appeal to them to support this report.
  Ik hoop dat we dit morgen alsnog kunnen corrigeren. I hope we shall still be able to correct this tomorrow.
  Ik zou u alsnog willen vragen dat te doen, kan dat? I should now like to ask you whether this is still possible.
• distilleerapparaat
• distilleerderij
• stil
  Maar de ontwikkelingen staan niet stil. But development never stands still.
  De wereld buiten de Europese Unie staat niet stil. The world outside the EU is not standing still.
  De ontwikkeling van systemen die de veiligheid bevorderen staat niet stil. The development of systems that promote safety does not stand still.
• stilte still

Definition of still

• Not moving; calm
• Not effervescing; not sparkling
• Uttering no sound; silent
• Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
• Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low
• Constant; continual
• Without motion
• Up to a time, as in the preceding time
• To an even greater degree.
• Nevertheless
• Always; invariably; constantly; continuously
• even#Adverb|Even, yet#Adverb|yet
• A period of calm or silence
• A photograph, as opposed to movie footage
• A steep hill or ascent
• a device for distilling liquids
• the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen
• to calm down, to quiet
• To trickle, drip
• To cause to fall by drops

Examples

• Still waters run deep
• still water; still wines
• They stood still until the guard was out of sight
• Is it still raining?   It was still raining five minutes ago
• Weve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum
• I’m still not wise enough to answer that.
• Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller
• I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert
• Yeah, but still
• Some dogs howl, more yelp, still more bark
• the still of the night
• to still the raging sea

Related words

• distillation
• stillness
• standstill
• instill
• stillbirth
• distillate
• stillborn
• distillment
• distilled