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rest

Pronunciation: /ɹɛst/

The English word “rest” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  2. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  3. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  4. A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
  5. A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
  6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  8. Absence of motion.
  9. A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
  10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  13. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
  15. A set or game at tennis.

verb

  1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
  2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
  3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  4. To put into a state of rest.
  5. To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.

Etymology

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, of uncertain origin; possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest”) or *Hre(h₁)s- (“to flow, rush”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old…

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