Still

STILL

-adj.

1. (usually predicative) . motionless; stationary

2. undisturbed or tranquil; silent and calm

3. (of a liquid) not sparkling or effervescent

4. gentle or quiet; subdued

5. (obsolete) . (of a child) dead at birth

-adv.

6. continuing now or in the future as in the past

7. up to this or that time; yet

8. (often used with a comparative) . even or yet

9. quiet or without movement

10. (poetic) (dialect) . always

-noun

11. (poetic) . silence or tranquillity

12. a photograph or frame, in particular of a scene from a motion-picture film

-verb

13. to make or become still, quiet, or calm

14. (trans.) to allay or relieve

-sentence connector

15. even then; nevertheless

-noun

1. an apparatus for carrying out distillation, consisting of a vessel in which a mixture is heated, a condenser to turn the vapour back to liquid, and a receiver to hold the distilled liquid, used in particular in the manufacture of spirits

2. a place where spirits are made; distillery

A still life by heart

Of old men and many things.

The water shapes their mind

Shaking the meadows

Swift and shadowy heaving

Beneath the shadows on the walls.