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Definition of Rest

1. Noun. Something left after other parts have been taken away. "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"

2. Verb. Not move; be in a resting position. "Sam and Sue rest"

3. Verb. Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax. "Sam and Sue rest"

4. Noun. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility). ; "Took his repose by the swimming pool"

5. Verb. Give a rest to. "Rest the dogs for a moment"

6. Noun. A pause for relaxation. "People actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

7. Verb. Have a place in relation to something else. "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

8. Noun. A state of inaction. "A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"

9. Verb. Be at rest. "Sam and Sue rest"

10. Noun. Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb). ; "They had to put their family pet to sleep"

11. Verb. Stay the same; remain in a certain state. "John will rest angry"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

12. Noun. A support on which things can be put. "The gun was steadied on a special rest"

13. Verb. Be inherent or innate in.

14. Noun. A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration.

15. Verb. Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying. "They rest their rifles on the cabinet"; "Rest your head on my shoulder"

16. Verb. Sit, as on a branch. "There rest some big birds in the tree"; "The birds perched high in the tree"

17. Verb. Rest on or as if on a pillow. "Pillow your head"

18. Verb. Be inactive, refrain from acting. "The committee is resting over the summer"

Definition of Rest

1. v. t. To arrest.

2. n. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.

3. v. i. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

4. v. t. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.

5. n. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.

6. v. i. To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

Definition of Rest

1. Abbreviation. (computing) Representational State Transfer ¹

2. Noun. (context: uncountable of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. ¹

3. Noun. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. ¹

4. Noun. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. ¹

5. Noun. (context: uncountable of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. ¹

6. Noun. A final position after death. ¹

7. Noun. (context: music countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. ¹

8. Noun. (context: music countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. ¹

9. Noun. (context: physics uncountable) Absence of motion. ¹

10. Noun. (context: 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. ¹

11. Noun. Any object designed to be used to support something else. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. ¹

13. Verb. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end. ¹

14. Verb. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed. ¹

15. Verb. (intransitive transitive reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated. ¹

17. Verb. (transitive intransitive reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay. ¹

18. Verb. (intransitive transitive legal 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.) ¹

19. Verb. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber. ¹

20. Verb. (intransitive) To lie dormant. ¹

21. Verb. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. ¹

22. Noun. That which remains. ¹

23. Verb. (obsolete) To remain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rest

1. to refresh oneself by ceasing work or activity [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Rest

1. 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labour or exertion. "God . . . Rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made." (Gen. Ii. 2) "Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest." (Ex. Xxiii. 12) 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. "There rest, if any rest can harbor there." (Milton) 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. "Fancy . . . Then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests." (Milton) 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. "On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed fate." (Dryden) 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. "To rest in Heaven's determination." (Addison) To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide. Origin: AS. Restan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rest

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