Collocations for still - verb
Still is used with these nouns as the subject:
hand
hand
Collocations for still - adj.
1. not moving
VERBS
be,
hold,
keep,
lie,
sit,
stand,
stay
Hold still a minute!
Please sit still!
Hold still a minute!
Please sit still!
hold sb/sth,
keep sb/sth
I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.
I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.
ADVERB
very
absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, stock-
He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.
absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite, stock-
He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.
2. calm and quiet
ADVERB
very
completely
It was a completely still, warm evening.
completely
It was a completely still, warm evening.
strangely
The air was strangely still and silent.
The air was strangely still and silent.
Still is used with these nouns:
air, image, photograph, photography, pool, shot, water
air, image, photograph, photography, pool, shot, water
Collocations for still - adv.
Still is used with these adjectives:
alive, amazed, asleep, awake, better, bright, damp, dark, fresh, furious, hazy, hungry, intact, intent, interested, legible, light, outstanding, possible, subject, unable, uncertain, uncommon, unconscious, undecided, unemployed, unknown, unsure, unused to, valid, viable, visible, vivid, worse
alive, amazed, asleep, awake, better, bright, damp, dark, fresh, furious, hazy, hungry, intact, intent, interested, legible, light, outstanding, possible, subject, unable, uncertain, uncommon, unconscious, undecided, unemployed, unknown, unsure, unused to, valid, viable, visible, vivid, worse
Still is used with these verbs:
amaze, cling, dream, echo, evoke, exist, function, grieve, hanker, harp, hate, haunt, insist, like, linger, need, persist, prefer, pursue, rage, recall, regard, remember, retain, sit, stand, stare, survive, sustain, thrive, tick, tremble, yearn
amaze, cling, dream, echo, evoke, exist, function, grieve, hanker, harp, hate, haunt, insist, like, linger, need, persist, prefer, pursue, rage, recall, regard, remember, retain, sit, stand, stare, survive, sustain, thrive, tick, tremble, yearn