stillness

«stillness» in Mova's school dictionary: being completely still, with no movement — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (stillness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Stillness is being completely still, with no movement. tree →

2) Stillness is being quiet and calm, with no noise. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and poems, stillness describes a calm night, a frozen lake or the silence before something happens. In everyday life and mindfulness lessons, children practise moments of stillness to feel calm. Phrases: «the stillness of the night», «in the stillness».

examples

• The stillness of the forest was broken by a bird call. tree →
• In the stillness of the night, we heard an owl. tree →
• The lake lay in perfect stillness. tree →
• Let's sit in stillness for one minute and breathe. tree →
• The hunter waited in total stillness. tree →
• A shout broke the stillness of the morning. tree →
• A sudden clamor of high-pitched voices broke the deadly stillness of the dawn. tree →

note

Uncountable noun: still + -ness. Keep both l's and the double s: «stillness». Stillness means both no movement and quiet. Do not confuse with «still» meaning «even now» («I am still hungry»).

In the corpora

• Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; from Him cometh my salvation.
• Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; for from Him cometh my hope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stillness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.