Definitions for rest
rɛstrest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

   "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

2. rest, ease, repose, relaxationnoun

   freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

   "took his repose by the swimming pool"

3. respite, rest, relief, rest periodnoun

   a pause for relaxation

   "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

4. restnoun

   a state of inaction

   "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"

5. rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietusnoun

   euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

   "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

6. restnoun

   a support on which things can be put

   "the gun was steadied on a special rest"

7. restverb

   a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

8. restverb

   not move; be in a resting position

9. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb

   take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

10. restverb

    give a rest to

    "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"

11. lie, restverb

    have a place in relation to something else

    "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

12. restverb

    be at rest

13. stay, remain, restverb

    stay the same; remain in a certain state

    "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

14. rest, reside, reposeverb

    be inherent or innate in;

15. restverb

    put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

    "Rest your head on my shoulder"

16. perch, roost, restverb

    sit, as on a branch

    "The birds perched high in the tree"

17. pillow, restverb

    rest on or as if on a pillow

    "pillow your head"

18. restverb

    be inactive, refrain from acting

    "The committee is resting over the summer"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Restadjective

   Others; those not included in any proposition.

   Etymology: restes, Fr. quod restat, Lat.

   By description of their qualities, many things may be learned concerning the rest of the inhabitants. George Abbot.

   They had no other consideration of the publick, than that no disturbance might interrupt their quiet in their own days; and that the rest, who had larger hearts and more publick spirits, would extend their labour, activity, and advice only to secure the empire at home by all peaceable arts. Edward Hyde.

   Plato, and the rest of the philosophers, acknowledged the unity, power, wisdom, goodness, and providence of the supreme God. Edward Stillingfleet.

   Arm’d like the rest, the Trojan prince appears,
   And by his pious labour urges theirs. Dryden.

   Upon so equal terms did they all stand, that no one had a fairer pretence of right than the rest. John Woodward.

2. RESTnoun

   Etymology: rest , Saxon; ruste, Dutch.

   1. Sleep; repose.

   All things retir’d to rest, mind us of like repose. John Milton.

   My tost limbs are wearied into rest. Alexander Pope.

   2. The final sleep; the quietness of death.

   Oft with holy hymns he charm’d their ears;
   For David left him, when he went to rest,
   His lyre. John Dryden, Parson.

   3. Stilness; cessation of motion.

   Putrefaction asketh rest; for the subtle motion, which putrefaction requireth, is disturbed by any agitation. Francis Bacon.

   What cause mov’d the Creator, in his holy rest,
   So late to build. John Milton.

   All things past are equally and perfectly at rest; and to this way of consideration of them are all one, whether they were before the world, or but yesterday. John Locke.

   4. Quiet; peace; cessation from disturbance.

   Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Mat. xi. 29.

   He giveth you rest from all your enemies. Deut. xii. 10.

   Though the righteous be prevented with death; yet shall he be in rest. Wisd. iv. 7.

   ’Scap’d from such storms of pow’r, holding it best
   To be below herself to be at rest. Samuel Daniel, Civil War.

   The root cut off, from whence these tumults rose,
   He should have rest, the commonwealth repose. Daniel.

   Thus fenc’d, but not at rest or ease of mind. John Milton.

   With what a load of vengeance am I prest,
   Yet never, never, can I hope for rest;
   For when my heavy burden I remove,
   The weight falls down, and crushes her I love. Dryden.

   Like the sun, it had light and agility; it knew no rest but in motion, no quiet but in activity. Robert South, Sermons.

   Where can a frail man hide him? in what arms
   Shall a short life enjoy a little rest. Richard Fanshawe.

   Thither, where sinners may have rest, I go. Alexander Pope.

   The grave, where ev’n the great find rest. Alexander Pope.

   The midnight murderer
   Invades the sacred hour of silent rest. Anonym.

   5. Cessation from bodily labour.

   There the weary be at rest. Job iii. 17.

   6. Support; that on which any thing leans or rests.

   Forth prick’d Clorinda from the throng,
   And ’gainst Tancredie set her spear in rest. Edward Fairfax.

   A man may think, that a musket may be shot off as well upon the arm, as upon a rest; but when all is done, good counsel setteth business straight. Francis Bacon.

   Their vizors clos’d, their lances in the rest,
   Or at the helmet pointed, or the crest;
   They speed the race. John Dryden, Knight’s Tale.

   Take the handle in your right hand, and clasping the blade of it in your left, lean it steady upon the rest, holding the edge a little aslant over the work, so as a corner of the thin side of the chissel may bear upon the rest, and the flat side of the chissel may make a small angle with the rest. Joseph Moxon.

   7. Place of repose.

   Sustain’d by him with comforts, till we end
   In dust, our final rest and native home. John Milton.

   8. Final hope.

   He sets up his rest, to do more exploits with his mace, than a maurice pike. William Shakespeare, Com. of Err.

   Sea fights have been final to the war, but this is, when princes set up their rest upon the battle. Francis Bacon.

   This answer would render their counsels of less reverence to the people, if, upon those reasons, they should recede from what they had, with that confidence and disdain of the house of peers, demanded of the king; they therefore resolved to set up their rest upon that stake, and to go through with it, or perish in the attempt. Edward Hyde.

   9. [ Reste, Fr. quod restat, Latin.]Remainder; what remains.

   Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty; and for the rest, it offers us the best security that heaven can give. John Tillotson.

   The pow’r in glory shone,
   By her bent bow and her keen arrows known
   The rest a huntress. John Dryden, Knight’s Tale.

3. To Restverb

   1. To lay to rest.

   Your piety has paid
   All needful rites, to rest my wand’ring shade. Dryden.

   2. To place as on a support.

4. To Restverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To sleep; to be asleep; to slumber.

   Fancy then retires
   Into her private cell, when nature rests. John Milton.

   2. To sleep the final sleep; to die.

   Ἱεϱὸν ὑϖνόν
   Κοιμάται· ϑνήσϰειν μὴ λέγε τοὺς ἀγαϑοὺς..
   Glad I’d lay me down,
   As in my mother’s lap; there I should rest
   And sleep secure. John Milton.

   3. To be at quiet; to be at peace; to be without disturbance.

   Thither let us tend
   From off the tossing of these fiery waves,
   There rest, if any rest can harbour there. John Milton.

   4. To be without motion; to be still.

   Over the tent a cloud shall rest by day. John Milton.

   5. To be fixed in any state or opinion.

   He will not rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Prov. vi. 35.

   Every creature has a share in the common blessings of providence; and every creature should rest well satisfied with its proportion in them. Roger L'Estrange.

   After such a lord I rest secure,
   Thou wilt no foreign reins or Trojan load endure. Dryden.

   There yet survives the lawful heir
   Of Sancho’s blood, whom, when I shall produce,
   I rest assur’d to see you pale with fear. Dryden.

   6. To cease from labour.

   Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. Exodus xxiii. 12.

   The ark went before, to search out a resting place for them. Numb. x. 33.

   From work resting he bless’d the seventh day. John Milton.

   When you enter into the regions of death, you rest from all your labours and your fears. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Living Holy.

   7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

   To urge the foe to battle,
   Prompted by blind revenge and wild despair,
   Were to refuse th’ awards of providence,
   And not to rest in heaven’s determination. Addison.

   8. To lean; to be supported.

   As the vex’d world, to find repose, at last
   Itself into Augustus’ arms did cast;
   So England now doth, with like toil opprest,
   Her weary head upon your bosom rest. Edmund Waller.

   On him I rested,
   And, not without consid’ring, fix’d my fate. Dryden.

   Sometimes it rests upon testimony, when testimony of right has nothing to do; because it is easier to believe, than to be scientifically instructed. John Locke.

   The philosophical use of words conveys the precise notions of things, which the mind may rest upon, and be satisfied with, in its search after knowledge. John Locke.

   9. [ Resto, Lat. rester, Fr.]To be left; to remain.

   Fall’n he is; and now
   What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass
   On his transgression. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   There resteth the comparative; that is, its being granted, that it is either lawful or binding, yet whether other things be not prefered before it, as extirpation of heresies. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rest

   Rest is a state of relaxation or ceasing of activity, allowing the body and mind to recover, rejuvenate, and restore energy levels. It involves setting aside work, physical exertion, or mental strain to experience physical comfort, peace of mind, and restoration of vitality. Rest can take various forms, such as sleep, leisure activities, solitude, or simply taking a break from daily responsibilities and tasks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Restverb

   to arrest

2. Restnoun

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

3. Restnoun

   hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security

4. Restnoun

   sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death

5. Restnoun

   that on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work

6. Restnoun

   a projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance

7. Restnoun

   a place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode

8. Restnoun

   a short pause in reading verse; a c/sura

9. Restnoun

   the striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account

10. Restnoun

    a set or game at tennis

11. Restnoun

    silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc

12. Restnoun

    to cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion

13. Restnoun

    to be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still

14. Restnoun

    to lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch

15. Restnoun

    to stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal

16. Restnoun

    to sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead

17. Restnoun

    to lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise

18. Restnoun

    to be satisfied; to acquiesce

19. Restverb

    to lay or place at rest; to quiet

20. Restverb

    to place, as on a support; to cause to lean

21. Restnoun

    that which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue

22. Restnoun

    those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others

23. Restnoun

    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

24. Restverb

    to be left; to remain; to continue to be

25. Etymology: [For arrest.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rest

   A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value: The quarter rest may also be found as a form in older music. The combination of rests used to mark a pause follows the same rules as for notes. For more details see note value.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rest

   rest, n. cessation from motion or disturbance: peace: quiet: sleep: the final sleep, or death: place of rest, as an inn, &c.: repose: release: security: tranquillity: stay: that on which anything rests or is supported: a pause of the voice in reading: (mus.) an interval between tones, also its mark: in ancient armour, a projection from the cuirass to support the lance: a quick and continued returning of the ball at tennis: in the game of primero, the final stake made by the player.—v.i. to cease from action or labour: to be still: to repose: to sleep: to be dead: to be supported: to lean or trust: to be satisfied: to come to an end: to be undisturbed: to take rest: to lie: to trust: (law) to terminate voluntarily the adducing of evidence: to be in the power of, as 'it rests with you.'—v.t. to lay at rest: to quiet: to place on a support.—n. Rest′-cure, the treatment of exhaustion by isolation in bed.—adj. Rest′ful (Shak.), being at rest, quiet, giving rest.—adv. Rest′fully, in a state of rest.—ns. Rest′fulness, the state or quality of being restful: quietness; Rest′-house a house of rest for travellers in India, a dak-bungalow Rest′iness (obs.), sluggishness.—adj. Rest′ing-ow′ing (Scots law), indebted.—ns. Rest′ing-place, a place of security, or of rest, the grave: in building, a landing in a staircase; Rest′ing-spore, a spore which germinates after a period of dormancy; Rest′ing-stage, -state, a state of suspended activity, as of woody plants, bulbs; Rest′ing-while, a period of leisure.—At rest, applied to a body, means, having no velocity with respect to that on which the body stands. [A.S. rest, ræst; Ger. rast, Dut. rust.]

2. Rest

   rest, n. that which remains after the separation of a part: remainder: others: balance of assets above liabilities.—v.i. to remain.—For the rest, as regards other matters. [Fr. reste—L. restāre, to remain—re-, back, stāre, to stand.]

3. Rest

   rest, v.t. (coll.) to arrest.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rest

   Freedom from activity.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REST

   A trade in which every hobo holds a Union Card for life.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. rest

   A pole with an iron fork at the top for the support of the old heavy musket.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rest

   In tactics, a word of command whereby the men are brought to a position of rest; as, parade rest, in place rest.

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1. rest

   The rest symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the rest symbol and its characteristic.

2. REST

   What does REST stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the REST acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rest is ranked #75069 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rest surname appeared 257 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rest.
   
   87.9% or 226 total occurrences were White.
   8.9% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Death
   • Inaction
   • Lay
   • Part
   • Place
   • Repose
   • Sit
   • Support

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #723

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rest' in Written Corpus Frequency: #628

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rest' in Nouns Frequency: #290

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rest' in Verbs Frequency: #413

Anagrams for rest »

1. erst

2. sert

3. stre

How to pronounce rest?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rest in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rest in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rest in a Sentence

1. Yingying Zhang:

   We have missed Yingying tremendously in the past two years, as of today, we still could not imagine how we could live the rest of our lives without her.

2. Supervisor Scott Wiener:

   Our country's parental leave policies are woefully behind the rest of the world, and today San Francisco has taken the lead in pushing for better family leave policies for our workers.

3. Kimberly Jordinson:

   Patrick Shanahan is just going to spend the rest of Patrick Shanahan life hiding the truth, because Patrick Shanahan does not want the truth to come out.

4. William Shakespeare:

   The rest is silence.

5. George Clooney:

   It just seems that we've gotten used to the idea that some schmuck can get up on television and tell you where to put your money and they do it out of entertainment, and people listen to them and do it and lose things in real life, and the rest of the world goes on unhurt by all these things.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rest
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rest
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rest
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rest
7. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=rest
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rest
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html