From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
rest
n 1: 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]
2: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: ease,
repose, relaxation]
3: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more
when they take time for short rests" [syn: respite,
relief, rest period]
4: a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of
rest until acted upon"
5: 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: eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]
6: a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied
on a special rest"
7: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified
duration
v 1: not move; be in a resting position
2: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
[syn: breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather]
3: give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for
a moment"
4: 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]
5: be at rest [ant: be active]
6: 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] [ant: change]
7: be inherent or innate in; [syn: reside, repose]
8: put something in a resting position, as for support or
steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
9: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
[syn: perch, roost]
10: rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn:
pillow]
11: be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting
over the summer"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. t. [For arrest.]
To arrest. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Sleep give thee all his rest! --Shak.
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2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;
peace; security.
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And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii.
30.
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3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
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How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest. --Collins.
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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.
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He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
--1 Kings vi.
6.
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5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the
cuirass, serving to support the lance.
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Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
--Dryden.
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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.
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In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton.
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Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the
inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
--Deut. xii.
9.
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7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a caesura.
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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.
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9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh
day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii.
12.
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2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet
or still.
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There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
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3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
couch.
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4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
rests on its pedestal.
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5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
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Fancy . . . then retries
Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton.
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6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose
without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
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On him I rested, after long debate,
And not without considering, fixed ?? fate.
--Dryden.
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7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison.
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To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it
rests with him to decide.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rest \Rest\, v. t.
1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
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Your piety has paid
All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
--Dryden.
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2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
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Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rest \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.]
To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
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The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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.
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2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the
remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the
philosophers." --Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
--DRyden.
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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.]
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Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve;
others.
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