Meaning of REST in English

Use in sentences of REST

Meaning of REST in English

• To arrest.
• A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
• Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
• Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
• That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
• A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
• A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
• A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
• The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
• A set or game at tennis.
• 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.
• To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
• To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
• To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
• To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
• To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
• To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
• To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
• To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
• To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
• That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
• Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
• 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.
• To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

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