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Meaning rest meaning

What does rest mean?
Definitions in simple English

rest Noun

— A pause or break. You need to take a rest. — (music) A mark in music showing counts that are not played. That quarter-note is followed by three rests. — Sleep. You need rest. — A rest is a place where you can put something, often your arm.

rest Verb

— To take a break. He rested for five minutes. — To be located somewhere. The statue rests on the mantle. — To place something in a place. He rested his foot on the stair. — To sleep. The baby is resting. — To be dead. Rest in peace. She is resting in Jesus. Karen rests in a tomb.

rest

— noun (= remainder, balance) 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 — verb not move; be in a resting position — verb take a short break from one's activities in order to relax — verb give a rest to He rested his bad leg Rest the dogs for a moment — noun (= repose) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) took his repose by the swimming pool — verb be at rest — verb (= lie) 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 — noun a pause for relaxation people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests — verb (= stay, remain) 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 — noun a state of inaction a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon — noun (= sleep) 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 — noun a support on which things can be put the gun was steadied on a special rest — verb be inherent or innate in — verb put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying Rest your head on my shoulder — verb (= pillow) rest on or as if on a pillow pillow your head — verb (= perch) sit, as on a branch The birds perched high in the tree — verb be inactive, refrain from acting The committee is resting over the summer — noun a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

Synonyms rest synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rest?

rest English » English

repose remainder relax relaxation break stop pause remnant lie down stay sleep ease take rest respite lie support quiet residue calm tranquillity remain recess comfort relief prop peace residual lean halt perch leisure cessation cease breathe sit have a rest catch one’s breath vacation take a rest take a break settle roost remaining recline put others interval intermission holiday have a break

REST English » English

Revised Extended Standard Theory

Topics rest topics

What do people use rest to talk about?
Person Body condition

Rest
Daily life

Sleep
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Happy

Relaxed
States Time

Continue, persevere
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
States Location Here, there

Touching, contact
Person Life Die

Bury
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Room
Physical actions Posture

Lean
Physical actions Move Not moving

Stop moving
States Quantity Enough

Remain, remainder
States Time Period of time

Special days
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Stop something

Conjugation rest conjugation

How do you conjugate rest?

rest · verb

Examples rest examples

How do I use rest in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I feel like a rest.
Shall we take a short rest?
We must not rest on our laurels!
You can have the rest of the fries.
If you do this, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
I need to rest.
Tom and Mary wanted to spend the rest of their lives together.
Tom doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Let's rest a little bit.
I'm going to rest today.
Tom struggled to keep up with the rest of the class.
We will be here for the rest of our lives.
We have the rest of the day to ourselves.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.
Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.
You're sick. You have to rest.
My interest is in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.
You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.
You had better take a little rest.
I rest on your promise.
Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.
May I take a rest?
I think you'd better take a rest; you look ill.
You do your part and I'll do the rest.
I think you had better take a rest.
You may rest assured; I have no ulterior motive in making this donation.
You just need a good rest.
Take a rest.

Movie subtitles

Sir Curel. we will leave the rest up to you.
Why did the West dominate the rest?
The West taught the rest its way of doing business. its scientific method. its law and its politics, its way of dressing. of speaking and of praying.
The big story is that after 1500, the West essentially dominated the rest.
I have boiled it down to six things and I'm going to call them the six killer applications - the killer apps - that made the West dominate the rest.
Understanding how the West beat the rest gives us an insight not just into the past but also into the future, and I think you'II agree, it helps answer the question that could be the most important of our time.
The real killer app that the West had and the rest lacked was competition, both political and economic.
Does it mean no worries for the rest of our days?
I could either get down on my hands and knees here and spend the rest of my life counting every single one or I could do what Kepler's going to do, which we call sampling.
I mean, she's probably not gonna talk to me for the rest of the time, if she does stay.
That saying, that Miss could rest peacefully now because of you, Young Master.
Make sure to go in and rest.
I carried you, and let you rest in my room.
Don't say a word and just rest.
Rest in peace.
They'll rape our women, kill our children and the rest of our troops.
I will devote the rest of my life to God.
Give them the rest when you arrive.
My father, rest his soul, used to say a neighborhood is like an organism, a living thing, always changing, always needing something.
I'll leave the rest to you.
So they know what it's like to feel fear like the rest of us, and that information is something we can take advantage of.
You can rest assured. They're in transition. They'll soon complete their choice.
If anyone's earned a rest, it's them.
The rest will come.
You're okay. Rest.
Finding you, stopping you. You'd think I'd be happy you're gonna spend the rest of your life in prison.
God bless you. Welcome and have a rest.
I want to live the rest of my life freely with you. Seong Ran. I love you.
Go get some rest.
Aigoo. Dol Soe, go and get some rest.
NO, YOU'RE NOT JUST IMAGINING THE REST.
IS WHY THE REST OF OUR STAFF ISN'T!
The rest of you divide yourselves up among the three roads and hide somewhere along the way.
Let's rest. Here.
So why don't you get some rest, okay?
They corresponded by love letters for the rest of their lives.
Um, where is your rest room?

News and current affairs

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This does not bode well for China, or, indeed, for the rest of the world.
Wouldn't life be easier if a common market, currency, foreign policy, army, and a few other things were run on a Europe-wide basis, with the rest left to more meaningful local units?
To put that number in perspective, it is about twice the total effect of the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions in the rest of the world, including the European Union.
Using some of it to pay the real interest on the debt and saving the rest would mean that when the bill comes due, the tax-financed reserves generated by the healthier economy would be more than enough to pay off the additional national debt.
Using it for investment would enhance long-term growth, with positive spillovers to the rest of Europe.
Back then, Ukraine became the focus of global attention, but Ukrainians learned of the disaster much later than the rest of the world.
But we can nonetheless begin to assess its potential spillover effects on the rest of Asia and other major economies around the world.
The more meaningful message is how these shocks box the rest of us into an even tighter corner.
While this is a reasonable demand, the rest of the Middle East - and, indeed, much of the world, including Europe - regard the root cause of the conflict as Israeli intransigence and arrogance, together with America's blind support for it.
We feel responsible, on a global level, for the environment, which is why we disagree with unilateral decisions by individual nations when such decisions ignore the needs of the rest of the world.
The big surprise is Europe, which, unlike in 2004 and the first half of 2005, now seems to be catching up with the rest of the world.
Today, we need universities in all parts of the world to help their societies face the challenges of poverty reduction, clean energy, sustainable food supplies, and the rest.
And the rest of Europe might never follow the example of Scandinavia, where gender equality has advanced much further than anywhere else.
What matters now is the role that the rest of the African media should have played, and the questions that this raises about their capacity to function as a watchdog.
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So the key issue for China, its neighbors, the US, and rest of the world is not how many aircraft carriers, missiles, submarines, and next-generation fighters China may produce and deploy in the coming years and decades.
In the US, when oil prices go up, incomes in Texas and Montana rise, which means that these states then contribute more tax revenue to the federal budget, thereby helping out the rest of the country.
Islamic fundamentalists reckon that what the rest of us regard as the liberalizing influence of technological progress and globalization is a brash re-run of Western colonialism.
Why, then, should the rest of the world leave the resolution of these disputes to America alone?
We've continued as if the Cold War never came to an end, spending as much on defense as the rest of the world combined.
Financial and scientific help from rich countries is important not only for humanitarian reasons, but also to prevent failed states from becoming sources of disorder for the rest of the world.

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