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English Dictionary: Rest	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Rest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rest n 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" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Synonym(s): rest, ease, repose, relaxation a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Synonym(s): respite, rest, relief, rest period a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" 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" Synonym(s): rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration v not move; be in a resting position take a short break from one's activities in order to relax Synonym(s): rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" 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" Synonym(s): lie, rest be at rest Antonym(s): be active, move 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" Synonym(s): stay, remain, rest Antonym(s): change be inherent or innate in; Synonym(s): rest, reside, repose put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" Synonym(s): perch, roost, rest rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" Synonym(s): pillow, rest be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \Rest\ (r[ecr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \Rest\ (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r[94]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[omac]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. [bd]Halfway houses and travelers' rests.[b8] --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. [bd]An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \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. [bd]Plato and the rest of the philosophers.[b8] --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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rest (1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb. 4:1). (2.) Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28). (3.) Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7). (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work (Heb. 4:9; R.V., "sabbath"), a rest like that of God when he had finished the work of creation.