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rest 1  (rĕst)
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Tweet n. 1. a. A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:The hikers stopped for a rest. b. Sleep or the refreshment resulting from inactivity or sleep:Get plenty of rest before the race. c. The repose of death:eternal rest. d. Mental or emotional calm:The news put my mind at rest. 2. The state of being motionless; the absence of motion:The car accelerates quickly from a state of rest. 3. The condition of being settled or resolved:a remark that put the matter to rest. 4. Music a. An interval of silence corresponding to one of the possible time values within a measure. b. The mark or symbol indicating such a pause and its length. 5. A short pause in a line of poetry; a caesura. 6. A device used as a support:a back rest. 7. Games See bridge1. v.rest·ed, rest·ing, rests v.intr. 1. a. To cease motion, work, or activity, especially in order to become refreshed:The laborers rested in the shade. b. To lie down and sleep:rested for an hour on the couch. 2. a. To be in or come to a motionless state:The can rolled along, finally resting when it hit the curb. b. To be located or be in a specified place:The manuscript rests in the museum. c. To be fixed or directed on something:His gaze rested on the necklace. d. To be unchanged or unresolved:After arguing for an hour, we let the matter rest. 3. a. To be supported or based; lie, lean, or sit:The ladder rests firmly anst the tree. b. To be imposed or vested, as a responsibility or burden:The final decision rests with the crperson. c. To depend or rely:That argument rests on a false assumption. 4. Law To complete the n presentation of one's portion of a legal case:The defense rests. v.tr. Idioms: 1. To cause or allow to be inactive or relaxed so as to ren energy:The coach rested his best players. I rested my eyes before studying. 2. To place, lay, or lean, as for support or repose:rested the rake anst the fence. 3. To base or ground:I rested my conclusion on that fact. 4. To fix or direct (the gaze, for example). 5. Law To complete the n presentation of (one's portion of a case):The prosecutor was not ready to rest her case. at rest 1. a. Asleep. b. Dead. 2. Motionless; inactive. 3. Free from anxiety or distress. lay/putto rest 1. To bury (a dead body); inter. 2. To resolve or settle (an issue, for example):The judge's ruling put to rest the dispute between the neighbors. [Middle English, fromOld English.] restern.  (click for a larger image) rest1rest (center) equivalent to the duration of an eighth note |
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n. 1. The part that is left over after something has been removed; remainder. 2. That or those remaining: The beginning was boring, but the rest was interesting. The rest are arriving later. intr.v. rest·ed, rest·ing, rests 1. To be or continue to be; remain: Rest assured that we will finish on time. 2. To remain or be left over. [Middle English, from Old French reste, from rester, to remain, from Latin restāre, to stay behind : re-, re- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. A support for a lance on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor. [Middle English reste, short for areste, a stopping, holding, from Old French, from arester, to stop; see ARREST.] |
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