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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. absolutely still;
- Example: "frozen with horror"
- Example: "they stood rooted in astonishment"
[syn: frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still]


ADVERB (1)

1. without moving or making a sound;
- Example: "he sat still as a statue"
- Example: "time stood still"
- Example: "they waited stock-still outside the door"
- Example: "he couldn't hold still any longer"
[syn: still, stock-still]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stock-still \Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.]
   Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
   [1913 Webster]

         His whole work stands stock-still.       --Sterne.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stock-still
    adv 1: without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a
           statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still
           outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer"
           [syn: still, stock-still]
    adj 1: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood
           rooted in astonishment" [syn: frozen(p), rooted(p),
           stock-still]