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What's The Definition Of Rest?
[n] freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
[n] a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" [n] a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration [n] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" [n] 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" [n] a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" [n] a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [v] be at rest [v] 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" [v] take a short breath [v] give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" [v] rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head [v] sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" [v] not move; be in a resting position [v] put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" [v] be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer" [v] be inherent or innate in; [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rest: breathe | catch one's breath | ease | eternal rest | eternal sleep | lie | perch | pillow | quietus | relaxation | relief | remain | remainder | repose | repose | repose | reside | residual | residue | residuum | respite | rest period | roost | sleep | stay | take a breather Related Terms | Find terms related to Rest: See Also | armrest | attach to | be | be | be | bedrest | blow | break | break | breath | breather | breathing place | breathing space | breathing spell | breathing time | build on | build upon | catch some Z's | chin rest | component | component part | death | dormancy | drowse | headrest | hibernate | inaction | inactiveness | inactivity | inactivity | inhere in | intermission | intermit | interruption | keep | kip | kneel | lay | lean against | lean on | leftover | leisure | lie-in | log Z's | musical notation | part | pause | pause | place | portion | pose | position | put | quiescence | quiescency | remnant | repose on | rest | rest on | set | sit | sit down | sit tight | sleep | sleeping | slumber | stand | stand | stand up | stay fresh | stay together | stick together | support | suspension | whole rest Rest In Webster's Dictionary \Rest\ (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.]
To arrest. [Obs.]
\Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r["o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r[=o]w, Gr. 'erwh`. Cf. {Ransack}.] 1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. --Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! --Shak. 2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii. 30. 3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. --Collins. 4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work. He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. --1 Kings vi. 6. 5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. Their visors closed, their lances in the rest. --Dryden. 6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. ``Halfway houses and travelers' rests.'' --J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. --Deut. xii. 9. 7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c[ae]sura. 8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. ``An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests.'' --Abbott. 9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.] 10. (Mus.) 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. {Rest house}, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] {To set, or To set up}, {one's rest}, to have a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] --Shak. Bacon. Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; peace. Usage: {Rest}, {Repose}. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable. \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor 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. \Rest\, v. t. 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. --Dryden. 2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller. \Rest\, n. [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See {Stand}, and cf. {Arrest}, {Restive}.] (With the definite article.) 1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. 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. --Tillotson. 2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. ``Plato and the rest of the philosophers.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet. Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. --DRyden. 3. (Com.) 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. [Eng.] Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others. \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See {Rest} remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be. The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak. |
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