[
US
/ˈɹɛst/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɛst/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛst/ ]
VERB
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sit, as on a branch
The birds perched high in the tree -
give a rest to
He rested his bad leg
Rest the dogs for a moment - be at rest
- not move; be in a resting position
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rest on or as if on a pillow
pillow your head -
put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
Rest your head on my shoulder -
stay the same; remain in a certain state
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
stay alone
The bad weather continued for another week
He remained unmoved by her tears
rest assured - be inherent or innate in
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have a place in relation to something else
The responsibility rests with the Allies
The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West - take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
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be inactive, refrain from acting
The committee is resting over the summer
NOUN
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a support on which things can be put
the gun was steadied on a special rest -
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
they had to put their family pet to sleep
she was laid to rest beside her husband -
something left after other parts have been taken away
he threw away the rest
he took what he wanted and I got the balance
there was no remainder -
a state of inaction
a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon -
a pause for relaxation
people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests -
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
took his repose by the swimming pool - a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
How To Use rest In A Sentence
- She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.
- He wrote and tcanslaited many fortunate connexion « Mr. Boweai other works, and among the rest being unable to pay the costs in-* wa»the author of one play, called curred by the suit in the Spiritual Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse:
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- A barman at the pub said that he was one of the first two men to be arrested. Times, Sunday Times
- Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- A lot of businesses are being hurt by the current high interest rates.
- I'm sat in one of those chairs with a little side table to rest your notebook on, arranged in a semicircle in a darkened room.
