stock-still
21stock still — …
22frozenpredicate rootedpredicate stock-still — nonmoving onmoving adj. Not moving. Opposite of {moving}. [Narrower terms: {at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ; {dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still}; {frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock still ; …
23stand stock still — verb To stand completely motionless. Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back …
24still — [adj] calm, motionless, quiet at rest, buttoned up*, clammed up*, closed, closemouthed, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, fixed, halcyon, hushed, hushful, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed,… …
25stock — {{11}}stock (n.1) O.E. stocc stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log, also pillory (usually plural, stocks), from P.Gmc. *stukkaz tree trunk (Cf. O.N. stokkr block of wood, trunk of a tree, O.S., O.Fris. stok, M.Du. stoc tree trunk, stump, Du. stok …
26stock — [OE] The word stock originally denoted a ‘tree trunk’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *stukkaz, which also produced German stock ‘stick’ and Swedish stock ‘log’. The lineal semantic descent to the stocks [14], a punishment device made from… …
27stock — [OE] The word stock originally denoted a ‘tree trunk’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *stukkaz, which also produced German stock ‘stick’ and Swedish stock ‘log’. The lineal semantic descent to the stocks [14], a punishment device made from… …
28still — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Still is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not moving VERBS ▪ be, hold, keep, lie, sit, stand …
29stock — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a store of goods etc. ready for sale or distribution etc. 2 a supply or quantity of anything for use (lay in winter stocks of fuel; a great stock of information). 3 equipment or raw material for manufacture or trade etc.… …
30still — 1. adjective 1) the parrot lay still Syn: motionless, unmoving, not moving a muscle, stock still, immobile, inanimate, like a statue, as if turned to stone, rooted to the spot, transfixed, static, stationary Ant: moving …
