Stationary - English meaning

adjective

Past participle of freeze.

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

Past participle of freeze

verb

Bring or come to an abrupt stop.

Usage examples:

There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

verb

Walk with a limp.

Usage examples:

He halted slightly in his walk

noun

A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.

Usage examples:

A halt in production

adjective

Not moving; motionless.

Usage examples:

She sat immobile for a long time

adjective

Not moving, or not able to move or be moved

Usage examples:

He is in a cast to keep his spine immobile., the brace immobilized my elbow while the injury healed.

verb

Prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.

Usage examples:

The car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp

verb

Past simple and past participle of immobilize

Usage examples:

You can immobilize the car by removing the spark plugs., the broken limb must be immobilized as soo…

verb

To stop something or someone from moving

Usage examples:

You can immobilize the car by removing the spark plugs., the broken limb must be immobilized as soo…

adjective

Not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity.

Usage examples:

An inactive lifestyle

adjective

Doing nothing

Usage examples:

Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months., about half of the club members are …

adjective

Doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done

Usage examples:

An inactive member of an advisory board, voters who have not participated in an election in three y…

adjective

Lacking the ability or strength to move.

Usage examples:

She lay inert in her bed

adjective

Not moving or not able to move

Usage examples:

The inert figure of a man lay in the front of the car., an inert gas

noun

A chinese unit of distance, equal to about 0.5 km (0.3 mile).

Usage examples:

The local isles lie 500 li to the south

abbreviation

Light infantry.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 3, a soft silver-white metal. it is the lightest of the alkali metals.

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

verb

Bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road.

Usage examples:

He parked his car outside her house

noun

A large public garden or area of land used for recreation.

Usage examples:

A walk round the park

noun

An area devoted to a specified purpose.

Usage examples:

An industrial park

adjective

Lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way.

Usage examples:

Demand has grown in what was a fairly static market

noun

Crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system.

Usage examples:

The phone was full of static that sounded distant

combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -stasis (such as hemostatic corresponding to hemostasis ).

adjective

Not moving or making a sound.

Usage examples:

The still body of the young man

noun

Deep silence and calm; stillness.

Usage examples:

The still of the night

adverb

Up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.

Usage examples:

He still lives with his mother

adverb

Without moving; completely still

Usage examples:

He stood stock-still, waiting for them to pass.

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

noun

A set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.

Usage examples:

Specific ranks of pipes may be brought into and out of play by means of stops.

adjective

Not moving; still.

Usage examples:

Claudia sat unmoving behind her desk

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

His body was still and unmoving, his gaze fixed. he was oblivious to everything else in the world b…