- still lifes
- for the plural.
Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors. 2013.
still lifes
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still´-life´ — still life, 1. no pl. fruit, flowers, furniture, pottery, dead game, or the like, shown in a picture: »He painted still life, oranges and lemons... (Horace Walpole). 2. pl. still lifes or still lives. a picture of such things: »His fine still… … Useful english dictionary
still life — still′ life′ n. pl. still lifes 1) fia a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit 2) fia the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
still life — n. 1. small inanimate objects, as fruit, bottles, flowers, books, etc., used as subjects for a picture pl. still lifes 2. a picture having such a subject still life adj … English World dictionary
still life — still life, adj. pl. still lifes. 1. a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit. 2. the category of subject matter in which inanimate objects are represented, as in painting or photography. [1635 45] * * * … Universalium
still life — plural still lifes n [U and C] a picture of an arrangement of objects, for example flowers or fruit … Dictionary of contemporary English
still life — (plural ,still lifes) noun count or uncount a type of art that represents objects instead of people, animals, or the countryside … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
still life — still lifes N VAR A still life is a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects such as flowers or fruit. It also refers to this type of painting or drawing … English dictionary
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Still life — For other uses, see Still Life (disambiguation). Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 1625), Bouquet (1599), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Some of the earliest examples of still life were paintings of flowers by Northern Renaissance, Dutch, and… … Wikipedia
Still life (cellular automaton) — In cellular automata, a still life is a pattern that does not change from one generation to the next. A still life can be thought of as an oscillator of period 1. A strict still life is an indecomposable still life pattern, while a pseudo still… … Wikipedia
