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штиль — meaning in English

shtil

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English meaning

  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • lull noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.
  • still adj Not moving; calm and motionless.

Senses

штиль is used for these senses in English:

  • calm (meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.
  • dead calm (nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
  • lull (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
  • still A period of calm or silence.

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.

lull — full definition

  1. noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.
  2. verb To calm someone, or ease them into a false sense of security.

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