Etimology
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (airime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
noun
rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
(countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
(uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
(uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
(euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
(music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
(physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
(dated) A set or game at tennis.
Examples
I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
Synonyms: sleep, slumber
We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
Synonyms: break, repose, time off
It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
And the land had rest fourscore years.
Synonyms: peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
Synonym: peace
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
Hyponyms: breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest
The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
Antonym: motion
Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
Hypernym: bridge
She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
Synonyms: cradle, support
Hyponyms: arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest
their visors closed, their lances in the rest
halfway houses and travellers' rests
in dust our final rest, and native home
Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest
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activity
Etimology
From Middle English resten, from Old English restan, from Proto-West Germanic *rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).
verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
(intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
(intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
(intransitive, transitive, reflexive, copulative) To be or to put into a state of rest.
(intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
(intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
(intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
(intransitive) To lie dormant.
(intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
(intransitive) To rely or depend on.
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
Examples
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
There rest, if any rest can harbour there.
My day's work is over; now I will rest.
We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
The blame seems to rest with your father.
A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands.
She rested against my shoulder.
I rested against the wall for a minute.
The defense rests, your Honor.
I rest my case.
I sing to him that rests below,And, since the grasses round me wave,I take the grasses of the grave,And make them pipes whereon to blow.
The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product , is a tangle too. […] But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
to rest in Heaven's determination
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synonyms
(lie down and take repose, especially by sleeping): relax
(give rest to): relieve
(stop working): have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out
(be situated): be, lie, remain, reside, stay
(transitive: lean, lay): lay, lean, place, put
(intransitive: lie, lean): lean, lie
troponyms
(lie down and take repose): nap, sleep
Etimology
From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin restō (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + stō (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).
noun
rest (uncountable)
(uncountable) That which remains.
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
(UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Examples
Synonyms: lave, remainder
She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
Plato and the rest of the philosophers
Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
The rest of us were engaged in various occupations: Mr. Trevor relating experiences of steamboat days on the Ohio to Mrs. Cooke; Miss Trevor buried in a serial in the Century; and Farrar and I taking an inventory of the fishing-tackle, when we were startled by a loud and profane ejaculation.
Shepard: The rest of the galaxy isn't just going to bow down just because we tell them to. We'll need the fleets to bring them in line.
It also showed that 26 of the top 30 AI patent requests came from businesses. Universities or public research organizations made up the rest.
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(that which remains): See also Thesaurus:remainder
Etimology
From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.
verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
(no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
(transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.
Examples
You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.
Rest you merry.
God rest you merry, gentlemen.
Etimology
Aphetic form of arrest.
verb
rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)
(obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.