'REST' definitions:

Definition of 'rest'

From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]
noun
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation]
noun
A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest, relief, rest period]
noun
A state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
noun
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" [syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]
noun
A support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
noun
A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
verb
Not move; be in a resting position
verb
Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather]
verb
Give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
verb
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" [syn: lie, rest]
verb
Be at rest [ant: be active, move]
verb
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" [syn: stay, remain, rest] [ant: change]
verb
Be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
verb
Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
verb
Sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" [syn: perch, roost, rest]
verb
Rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest]
verb
Be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rest \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Sleep give thee all his rest! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. [1913 Webster]
  • And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii. 30. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. [1913 Webster]
  • How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. --Collins. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. --1 Kings vi. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. [1913 Webster]
  • Their visors closed, their lances in the rest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. --Deut. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a caesura. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India]
  • To set one's rest 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rest \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. [1913 Webster]
  • God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. [1913 Webster]
  • There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. [1913 Webster]
  • Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. [1913 Webster]
  • On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed ?? fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. [1913 Webster]
  • To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rest \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be. [1913 Webster]
  • The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • Rest \Rest\, v. t.
  • 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. [1913 Webster]
  • Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. [1913 Webster]
  • Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rest'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the philosophers." --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
  • Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. --DRyden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'REST'

From: Easton
  • Rest
  • Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb. 4:1).
  • Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28).
  • Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7).
  • 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.

Synonyms of 'rest'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'REST'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • REpresentational State Transfer (URL, AWS)

Words containing 'REST'