stand still

See also: standstill

English

Verb

stand still (third-person singular simple present stands still, present participle standing still, simple past and past participle stood still)

1. (sometimes figurative) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
   • 2002, Robert Jonathan Tristani, A Virtual Kill, page 303:

     Time seemed to stand still as an idea came to him. He could not outrun the car behind him, but he could outdrive his opponent. And the Fiat was more nimble.

Derived terms

• standstill (noun)
• time stands still

Translations

to stop moving

• Catalan: detenir moure
• French: detenir mouvoir
• Italian: detenere movere, detenere muovere
• Latin: dētineō movēre
• Portuguese: deter mover
• Spanish: detener mover

to remain motionless

• Catalan: no moure
• French: ne mouvoir pas
• Italian: non muovere, non movere
• Latin: nōn moveō
• Portuguese: não mover
• Spanish: no mover

Noun

stand still (plural stand stills)

1. Obsolete spelling of standstill.

Anagrams

• stillstand

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

stand still

1. first/third-person singular preterite of stillstehen