2. Noun. A place where one can rest; a resting-place. ¹
3. Noun. A pause; a break; an interlude. ¹
4. Adjective. That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth. ¹
5. Adjective. Unemployed. ¹
6. Adjective. Remaining; stationary. ¹
7. Verb. (present participle of rest) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resting
1. rest [v] - See also: rest
Medical Definition of Resting
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Resting
Literary usage of Resting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"An older simple plant with larger fatty masses and mature resting spores; ...
Mature resting spore in situ; at the left a young resting spore just separated ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"I. Left side of resting form, specimen 9 cm. long. a Fig. II. Left side of working
form, specimen 6 cm long. Fig. III. Inside of left valve showing hinge ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"XXXI Then resting on his bloody blade, The valiant Bruce ... strife — Yet scant
of friends the Bruce shall be, 710 But he '11 find resting-place for thee. ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"I waited a moment, looking at her from behind her pillow, as she lay beneath me,
with one arm and hand resting on the white coverlid, so still, ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The species having yellow and pink spathes seem to do best when grown without a
resting-period. Culture of callas. (TD Hatfield. ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"During eight years, however, Pitt's ministry was not merely a Tory ministry
resting on the choice of the king, but a Liberal ministry resting on national ..."
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