Rest
Definition of rest:
part of speech: noun
Cessation from motion or disturbance: peace: quiet: sleep: the final sleep or death: place of rest: that on which anything rests: a pause of the voice in reading: ( music) an interval of silence and its mark.
part of speech: verb
To remain.
part of speech: verb
To stop moving or acting; be quiet; to take repose; sleep; be dead; be at peace; to trust; be supported; stand; lean; to remain in one place.
part of speech: verb
Cause to cease from labor; cause to take repose; place on a support; lay; lean; to base or ground.
part of speech: noun
A ceasing from motion or labor; quiet; peace; repose; sleep; hence, death; place of quiet or repose; in music, a period of silence and its sign; a short pause in reading; that on which anything leans for support; the rest, a remainder; the others.
part of speech: verb
To lay at rest; place on a support.
part of speech: verb
To be at rest; repose; be supported; remain.
part of speech: noun
That which remains after the separation of a part: remainder: others.
Usage examples for rest:
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Now you can feel at rest
"Blind Policy", George Manville Fenn. -
" Yes," said Gordon, " I suppose there will be rest at last."
"The Loom of Youth", Alec Waugh. -
Am I never to rest from you?
"The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay", Maurice Hewlett. -
Now rest a little and I will walk back with you.
"Floyd Grandon's Honor", Amanda Minnie Douglas.