rest

Meaning

Noun

1. Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
2. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
3. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
4. A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
5. 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")
6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. Absence of motion.
9. 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.
10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
13. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
15. A set or game at tennis.

Verb

1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
5. To stay, remain, be situated.
6. To lean, lie, or lay.
7. 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.)
8. To sleep; slumber.
9. To lie dormant.
10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. To rely or depend on.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Verb

1. To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
2. (obsolete) To keep a certain way.

Verb

To arrest.

Concepts

rest

repose

remainder

relax

break

relaxation

stop

pause

remnant

lie down

stay

sleep

ease

respite

lie

take rest

quiet

support

residue

calm

remain

recess

comfort

tranquillity

peace

prop

relief

lean

residual

halt

cease

leisure

cessation

breathe

perch

sit

vacation

have a rest

catch one’s breath

back

buttress

put

holiday

calmness

intermission

interval

remaining

others

have a break

balance

take a rest

take a break

recline

roost

settle

lull

stillness

place

recreation

remains

take a holiday

pillow

lay

dwell

quietus

take it easy

alight

breath

brace

bolster

underpin

interlude

tranquility

still

other

reside

quiescence

calm down

stoppage

take a breather

residuum

slumber

base

leftovers

restfulness

breather

stand

be

second

sustain

uphold

abide

continuation

backing

stanchion

strut

composure

inaction

peacefulness

silence

hiatus

other things

set down

assuagement

satisfaction

rely

seat

doze

nap

snooze

sojorn

visit

vestige

dormancy

leavings

ceasing

stopping

end

eternal rest

eternal sleep

rest period

pit stop

reposal

residence

spell

foundation

recuperate

refresh

breathing space

quiescency

quietness

serenity

lean on

truss

retire

wait

relaxed

constitute

make

carry

have

boost

subvention

leftover

throw oneself down

resting place

think over

stay on

lodge

leave

countenance

espouse

maintain

press

push

standby

keep

stay over

chase

claim

connection

consequence

entourage

logic

sequel

sequence

series

deadlock

immobility

stagnation

cease-fire

truce

comfortable

convenient

cushy

docile

easy

leisurely

peaceful

quiescent

relieved

restful

tranquil

let-up

time-out

chill

lay off

long series of children

and so forth

besides

etc.

in addition

otherwise

below-mentioned

following

give relief

suspend

full stop

period

leisure tasks

scraps

breaktime

leave off

feel at ease

be at ease

put one’s feet up

take a vacation

live

backrest

coziness

complacency

complancence

contentment

gratification

happiness

pleasure

layover

lool

lounge

motionlessness

freeze

death

long sleep

stopping place

depend

go on

continue to be

siesta

catnap

unbend

anhydrobiosis

resting state

abatement

left

all the other

rec-line

sit down

repose.

ring

take a fresh breath

reside c repose

inactivity

left-over

recreate

abode

remnants

relics

refreshment

relinquishment

abiding

tarrying

be at leisure

be exempt from

be rested

basis

ground

make feel refreshed

time off

cigarette-end

residues

go to sleep

part

some

somebody

someone

the others

cosiness

placidity

placidness

quietude

relieve

dismissal

surcease

suspension

abutment

bearer

bearing

cleat

foothold

purchase

stays

abut

buoy

shore

substantiate

arrest

discontinuous

dwelling

hold-up

interruption

phase-down

put out of action

quit

set-back

shutoff

shuttingdown

throw-out of

self-centered

standstill

static-

stationary

stator

strengthen

be dead

take a nap

stop by

enjoy

lie-down

other people

little

few

fit

school holiday

privacy

instal

assign

deposit

issue

plant

pose

range

reset

set

stay put

stand-down

standdown

draw close

fall back

lean against

look

nestle

rest on

bear

carry weight

come

comprise

go

have got

hold

house

lend

make up

number

olla

represent

run

total

wear

pacification

peace treaty

caesura

halftime

lapse

dog

rack

adhere

bear out

brace up

endorse

indorse

patronage

prop up

reinforce

reward

sponsor

stand by

stick

stick by

subsidise

subsidize

subvent

trellis

undergird

underlay

underwrite

allowance

assist

assistance

backstay

benefit

contribution

hand

modillion

reinforcement

sprag

subsidy

be lying down

at leisure

lay down

remainders

observe

stop work

get one’s breath

placid

relic

cradle

reprieve

land

stasis

be guided

depend on

be based

be located

found

location

grow weary

at ease

continue

go to bed

respire

lay-down, to

keep on

pant

sigh

at rest

lie on side

lying down

tomb

anxiously

consist in

stay overnight

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɛst/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

She spent the rest of her life as Dowager Queen in Bohemia .