rest
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *rastō
Proto-West Germanic *rastu
Old English ræst
Middle English reste
English rest
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
Inflected forms:
form: rests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rests
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rested
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rested
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
gloss: Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
gloss: Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
And the land had rest fourscore years.
gloss: A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
uncountable
examples: She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
gloss: A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
gloss: A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Absence of motion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
gloss: Any object designed to be used to support something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
gloss: A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: their visors closed, their lances in the rest
gloss: A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times
halfway houses and travellers' rests
in dust our final rest, and native home
Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
gloss: A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest
gloss: A set or game at tennis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: My day's work is over; now I will rest.
I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
gloss: To come to a pause or an end; end.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: There rest, if any rest can harbour there.
gloss: To put into a state of rest.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
reflexive
transitive
examples: We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
gloss: To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The blame seems to rest with your father.
Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown.
gloss: To rely or depend on.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
gloss: To be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
gloss: To lean, lie, or lay.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
reflexive
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: 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.)
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
transitive
examples: The defense rests, your Honor.
I rest my case.
gloss: To sleep; slumber.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To lie dormant.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I sing to him that rests below,
⁠And, since the grasses round me wave,
⁠I take the grasses of the grave,
And make them pipes whereon to blow.
gloss: To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
pos: verb
examples: to rest in Heaven's determination
Synonyms: relieve
lean
place
put
lie
Antonyms: activity
Derived words: a change is as good as a rest
armrest
arm rest
at rest
beauty rest
bedrest
benchrest
bookrest
breve rest
chapel of rest
chin rest
chinrest
chopstick rest
come to rest
crotchet rest
day of rest
demisemiquaver rest
Diggers Rest
eighth rest
elbow rest
eternal rest
footrest
foot rest
give it a rest
gun rest
half rest
handrest
head rest
headrest
hemidemisemiquaver rest
incisal rest
knife-rest
knife rest
lance rest
lay to rest
leg rest
mesonephric rest
migratory restlessness
minim rest
neck rest
no rest for the weary
no rest for the wicked
palmrest
parade rest
put to rest
quarter rest
quaver rest
rest and residue
rest and vest
rest area
rest centre
rest day
rest energy
restframe
rest frame
restful
rest-harrow
Rest Haven
resthold
rest home
resthouse
restless
rest mass
rest of advantage
rest period
rest position
restroom
rest step
rest stop
rest stroke
restward
semibreve rest
semiquaver rest
set up one's rest
sixteenth rest
sixty-fourth rest
slide rest
spoon rest
thirty-second rest
toolrest
tool-rest
Travelers Rest
Travellers Rest
turning rest
unrest
Walthard cell rest
whole rest
Wolffian rest
wrist rest
God rest her soul
God rest his soul
God rest their soul
God rest their souls
I rest my case
Lord rest his soul
rest-and-digest
rest easy
rest his soul
rest in peace
RIP
rest in pieces
rest in piss
rest in power
rest on
rest one's case
rest one's soul
rest on one's laurels
rest up
unrestable
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: daarbij laten
lang: Finnish
word: vetäytyä
lang: French
word: en finir
lang: Spanish
word: desistir