rest
Εννοια (English)
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- Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- 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")
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- Absence of motion.
- 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.
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A set or game at tennis.
Synonyms
take rest
have a rest
catch one’s breath
take a rest
have a break
take a holiday
other things
throw oneself down
sojorn
rest period
eternal rest
resting state
rest on
set-back
stopping place
the others
be at leisure
be based
feel at ease
be at ease
be guided
get one’s breath
grow weary
lie on side
put out of action
stay overnight
be dead
stop work
long series of children
below-mentioned
be rested
give relief
leisure tasks
shuttingdown
school holiday
be exempt from
put one’s feet up
take a vacation
complancence
continue to be
long sleep
lool
all the other
rec-line
repose.
take a fresh breath
reside c repose
be lying down
make feel refreshed
phase-down
throw-out of
static-
lay-down, to
be located
cigarette-end
depend on
draw close
lean against
other people
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ɹɛst/
Ετυμολογία (English)
In summary
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.
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