stand still
verb
1 stand still
Remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile.
Roget 141:
let alone,
let be,
let it be;
persist,
remain,
stay,
tarry,
rest;
stet
(copy editing)
hold,
hold on;
last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby†,
dwell,
maintain,
keep;
stand,
stand still,
stand fast;
subsist,
live,
outlive,
survive;
hold one's ground,
keep one's ground,
hold one's footing,
keep one's footing;
hold good.
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Roget 265:
be quiescent
etc.
adj.;
stand still,
lie still;
keep quiet,
repose,
hold the breath.
remain,
stay;
stand,
lie to,
ride at anchor,
remain in situ,
tarry,
mark time;
bring to,
heave to,
lay to;
pull up,
draw up;
hold,
halt;
stop,
stop short;
rest,
pause,
anchor;
cast to an anchor,
come to an anchor;
rest on one's oars;
repose on one's laurels,
take breath;
stop
etc.
(discontinue)
142.
stagnate;
quieta non movere [Lat.];
let alone;
abide,
rest and be thankful;
keep within doors,
stay at home,
go to bed.
dwell
etc.
(be present)
186;
settle
etc.
(be located)
184;
alight
etc.
(arrive)
292;
stick,
stick fast;
stand like a post;
not stir a peg,
not stir a step;
be at a stand
etc.
n..
quell,
becalm,
hush,
stay,
lull to sleep,
lay an embargo on.
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Dutch: hangen, hechten, vastzitten
noun
Roget 265:
rest;
stillness
etc.
adj.;
quiescence;
stagnation,
stagnancy;
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy;
indisturbance†;
quietism.
quiet,
tranquility,
calm;
repose
etc.
687;
peace;
dead calm,
anticyclone†;
statue-like repose;
silence
etc.
203;
not a breath of air,
not a mouse stirring;
sleep
etc.
(inactivity)
683.
pause,
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
stand still;
standing still
etc.
v.;
lock;
dead lock,
dead stop,
dead stand;
full stop;
fix;
embargo.
resting place;
gite [Fr.];
bivouac;
home
etc.
(abode)
189;
pillow
etc.
(support)
215;
haven
etc.
(refuge)
666;
goal
etc.
(arrival)
292.
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Moby thesaurus: abide, be conservative, be still, coast, do nothing, freeze, keep quiet, leave alone, let alone, let be, lie still, mark time, not breathe, not stir, oppose change, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat, stay, stay put, stick, stick fast, tarry, tread water ... show more.
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