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rest
Noun
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A pause or break.
You need to take a rest.
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(music) A mark in music showing counts that are not played.
That quarter-note is followed by three rests.
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Sleep.
You need rest.
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A rest is a place where you can put something, often your arm.
rest
Verb
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To take a break.
He rested for five minutes.
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To be located somewhere.
The statue rests on the mantle.
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To place something in a place.
He rested his foot on the stair.
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To sleep.
The baby is resting.
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To be dead.
Rest in peace.
She is resting in Jesus.
Karen rests in a tomb.
point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
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The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
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A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
The price has gone up by two point five percent.
point
Verb
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To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.