Definitions for rest

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IPA: /rɛst/

Rest is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in rest (erst).

Definitions for rest

noun

1. the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
2. refreshing ease or inactivity after exertion or labor:
3. relief or freedom, especially from anything that wearies, troubles, or disturbs.
4. a period or interval of inactivity, repose, solitude, or tranquillity:
5. mental or spiritual calm; tranquillity.
6. the repose of death:
7. cessation or absence of motion:
8. Music. an interval of silence between tones. a mark or sign indicating it.
9. Prosody. a short pause within a line; caesura.
10. a place that provides shelter or lodging for travelers, as an inn.
11. any stopping or resting place:
12. a piece or thing for something to rest on:
13. a supporting device; support.
14. Billiards, Pool. bridge1 (def 14).
15. the part that is left or remains; remainder:
16. the others:
17. British Banking. surplus (defs 1, 2).
18. a support for a lance; lance rest.

Idioms

1. at rest, in a state of repose, as in sleep. dead. quiescent; inactive; not in motion: free from worry; tranquil:
2. lay to rest, to inter (a dead body); bury: to allay, suppress, or appease.

verb (used with object)

1. to give rest to; refresh with rest:
2. to lay or place for rest, ease, or support:
3. to direct (as the eyes):
4. to base, or let depend, as on some ground of reliance.
5. to bring to rest; halt; stop.
6. Law. to terminate voluntarily the introduction of evidence on:

verb (used without object)

1. to refresh oneself, as by sleeping, lying down, or relaxing.
2. to relieve weariness by cessation of exertion or labor.
3. to be at ease; have tranquillity or peace.
4. to repose in death.
5. to be quiet or still.
6. to cease from motion, come to rest; stop.
7. to become or remain inactive.
8. to stay as is or remain without further action or notice:
9. to lie, sit, lean, or be set:
10. Agriculture. to lie fallow or unworked:
11. to be imposed as a burden or responsibility (usually followed by on or upon).
12. to rely (usually followed by on or upon).
13. to be based or founded (usually followed by on or upon).
14. to be found; belong; reside (often followed by with):
15. to be present; dwell; linger (usually followed by on or upon):
16. to be fixed or directed on something, as the eyes, a gaze, etc.
17. Law. to terminate voluntarily the introduction of evidence in a case.
18. to continue to be; remain as specified:

Origin of rest

before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; akin to German Rast; (v.) Middle English resten, Old English restan; akin to German rasten

Examples for rest

Everything was moving ahead smoothly, and continued to for the rest of the year.

I need cheerfulness and rest for a long time after this day in town.

The rest of the estate went to the testator's widow for life, and then to charity.

I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.

Hopefully, she got as much of a laugh out of it as the rest of the world has.

Let it go and tuck in your handkerchief like the rest of us.

They let us get ahead of the outfit, then the rest of the guys came in.

I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.

Egypt has a comparatively low number of HIV cases compared to the rest of Africa, with just 11,000 infected people nationwide.

Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.