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rest ¹  (rst)

n.

1. Cessation of work, exertion, or activity.

2. Peace, ease, or refreshment resulting from sleep or the cessation of an activity.

3. Sleep or quiet relaxation.

4. The repose of death: eternal rest.

5. Relief or freedom from disquiet or disturbance.

6. Mental or emotional tranquillity.

7. Termination or absence of motion.

8. Music

a. An interval of silence corresponding to one of the possible time values within a measure.

b. The mark or symbol indicating such a pause and its length.

9. A short pause in a line of poetry; a caesura.

10. A device used as a support: a back rest.

11. Games See bridge¹.

v. rest·ed, rest·ing, rests

v.intr.

1. To cease motion, work, or activity.

2. To lie down, especially to sleep.

3. To be at peace or ease; be tranquil.

4. To be, become, or remain temporarily still, quiet, or inactive: Let the issue rest here.

5. To be supported or based; lie, lean, or sit: The ladder rests firmly against the tree.

6. To be imposed or vested, as a responsibility or burden: The final decision rests with the chairperson.

7. To depend or rely: That argument rests on a false assumption.

8. To be located or be in a specified place: The original manuscript rests in the museum.

9. To be fixed or directed on something: "His brown eyes rested on her for a moment" (John le Carré).

10. To remain; linger.

11. Law To cease voluntarily the presentation of evidence in a case: The defense rests.

v.tr.

1. To give rest or repose to: rested my eyes.

2. To place, lay, or lean for ease, support, or repose.

3. To base or ground: I rested my conclusion on that fact.

4. To fix or direct (the gaze, for example).

5. To bring to rest; halt.

6. Law To cease voluntarily the introduction of evidence in (a case).

Idioms:

at rest

1.

a. Asleep.

b. Dead.

2. Motionless; inactive.

3. Free from anxiety or distress.

lay/put to rest

1. To bury (a dead body); inter.

2. To settle (an issue, for example), especially so as to be free of it: The judge's ruling put to rest the dispute between the neighbors.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

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rester n.

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rest ²  (rst)

n.

1. The part that is left over after something has been removed; remainder.

2. That or those remaining: The beginning was boring, but the rest was interesting. The rest are arriving later.

intr.v. rest·ed, rest·ing, rests

1. To be or continue to be; remain: Rest assured that we will finish on time.

2. To remain or be left over.

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[Middle English, from Old French reste, from rester, to remain, from Latin restre, to stay behind : re-, re- + stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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rest ³  (rst)

n.

A support for a lance on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor.

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[Middle English reste, short for areste, a stopping, holding, from Old French, from arester, to stop; see arrest.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	at rest - in a state of repose or especially sleep asleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"
	2.	at rest - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" at peace, deceased, departed, gone, asleep euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"