Pronunciation Noun
rest
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- 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
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
- Synonyms: break, repose, time off
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
- Bible, Judges iii. 30
- And the land had rest fourscore years.
- Synonyms: peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- 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.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
- She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
- Synonyms: peace
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
- hypo en
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
- Antonyms: 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.
- Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
- Hypernyms: bridge
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
- He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
- Synonyms: cradle, support
- hypo en
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- their visors closed, their lances in the rest
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- halfway houses and travellers' rests
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- in dust our final rest, and native home
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Deuteronomy xii:9 ↗:
- Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
- (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.
- An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests.
- (dated) A set or game at tennis.
- French: repos
- German: Ruhe, Erholung
- Italian: riposo
- Portuguese: repouso, descanso
- Russian: о́тдых
- Spanish: reposo
- French: repos
- German: Pause
- Italian: riposo
- Portuguese: descanso, repouso
- Russian: о́тдых
- Spanish: descanso, reposo, holganza
- French: paix, repos, (literary) quiétude
- German: Ruhe
- Italian: pace
- Portuguese: paz, tranquilidade
- Russian: поко́й
- Spanish: reposo
- French: repos
- German: Ruhe, Stillstand
- Portuguese: repouso
- Russian: поко́й
- Spanish: reposo
- German: Hilfsqueue
- Russian: подста́вка
rest (rests, present participle resting; past and past participle rested)
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Exodus 23:12 ↗:
- Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
- (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.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- There rest, if any rest can harbour there.
- (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:
- And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
- 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.
- Rest assured that I will do my best.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
- The blame seems to rest with your father.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- 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.
- (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.)
- The defense rests, your Honor.
- I rest my case.
- (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.
- On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
- The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 2, scene 1]:
- to rest in Heaven's determination
- (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
- French: reposer
- German: ruhen, erholen
- Italian: riposarsi, riposare
- Portuguese: descansar, repousar
- Russian: отдыха́ть
- Spanish: descansar, reposar
- French: cesser
- French: s'arrêter
- Russian: отдыха́ть
- French: rester
- Russian: остава́ться
- French: reposer
rest (uncountable)
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- 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.
- Synonyms: lave, remainder
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- Plato and the rest of the philosophers
- Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
- Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
- (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.
- (that which remains) See also Thesaurus:remainder
- French: reste
- German: Rest
- Italian: resto
- Portuguese: resto, sobra
- Russian: оста́ток
- Spanish: resto, sobra, demás
rest (rests, present participle resting; past and past participle rested)
- (obsolete) To remain.
rest (rests, present participle resting; past and past participle rested)
- (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.
REST
Noun
rest (uncountable)
- (computing) Acronym of representational state transfer
- (linguistics) Acronym of Generative grammar#Revised extended standard theory (1973–1976)
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.009
