Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Completely still; motionless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Still as a stock or fixed post; perfectly still.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Absolutely motionless , perfectlystill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without moving or making a sound
- adjective absolutely still
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Examples
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Both were known for wearing conservative suits, standing stock-still on stage, and for singing ballads instead of dance music.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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But every day, before she heads out in her leather jacket, she places fresh water in a bowl around the small shrine she's set up, and an apple for the gods; she cleans every item of clothing either of us have used the previous day; and then she puts on a CD of monks chanting and sits stock-still in her chair in meditation.
Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010
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Kagus do use their patterned wings for displays and gliding, but their primary way of getting around is to run extremely fast over short distances before standing stock-still and doing it again.
WATCH: Birds Don't Have To Fly To Be Awesome Joanna Zelman 2011
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He stops stock-still, stares down at himself, and in an instant splinters into nothingness.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Kagus do use their patterned wings for displays and gliding, but their primary way of getting around is to run extremely fast over short distances before standing stock-still and doing it again.
WATCH: Birds Don't Have To Fly To Be Awesome Joanna Zelman 2011
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He stood stock-still, frozen between fight and flight.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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After a while he trudged down to the clearing and found Shadow standing stock-still next to the old rabbit hole, her useless snout planted in the earth.
Deer Collage Carol Reid 2011
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The garden stood, imposing on either side, and the trees stood stock-still like dark sentries.
The Fugitive Waits Jack Ales-Oruam 2011
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He stood stock-still, frozen between fight and flight.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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In the stunned silence that followed, Amlinn stood stock-still for a long moment, then suddenly ran after her grandfather.
I’ve now got an author’s page on Amazon! ewillett 2009
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