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Wiktionary

  1. restingnoun

    The action of rest; repose; inactivity; reliance; confidence.

  2. restingnoun

    A place where one can rest; a resting-place.

  3. restingnoun

    A pause; a break; an interlude.

  4. restingadjective

    That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.

  5. restingadjective

    Unemployed.

  6. restingadjective

    Remaining; stationary.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Resting

    of Rest

  2. Resting

    a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i

Anagrams for resting »

  1. ringest

  2. stinger

  3. Stinger

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of resting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of resting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of resting in a Sentence

  1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    Mr. Carter is resting comfortably with his family and is looking forward to (the) confirmation process and if confirmed, to serving with the men and women of the Defense Department.

  2. Mark Twain:

    I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

  3. Ludwig Wittgenstein:

    Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

  4. Jules Renard:

    Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

  5. Stephen Massocca:

    It wasn’t going to take much to prompt the decline, it’s probably more resting than anything else. We’ve had a pretty significant move higher, we’ve marched straight up from 1,970 or so to about 2,100 so it’s only natural that we are going to get a little bit of a pullback here.

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