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Definition rest

Etymology 1

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English rest, ræst (“rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep, resting-place, a bed, couch, grave”), from Proto-Germanic *rast?, *rastij? (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ???? (er??, “rest, respite”), Avestan ??????‎ (airime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit ???? (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic ????? (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

Noun

rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)

  1. (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  2. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  3. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  4. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
  5. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
  6. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  7. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  8. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
  9. (snooker, countable) 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. (countable) 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. (poetry) 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. (dated) A set or game at tennis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English resten, from Old English restan (“to rest, cease from toil, be at rest, sleep, rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave, remain unmoved or undisturbed, be still, rest from, remain, lie”), from Proto-Germanic *rastijan? (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).

Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

  1. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
  2. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
  3. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  4. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
  5. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
  6. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
  7. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
  8. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
  9. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
  10. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  11. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
  12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Etymology 3

From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin rest? (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + st? (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English l?f (“remnant, remainder”)).

Noun

rest (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) That which remains.
  2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  3. (Britain, finance) 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.
Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

  1. (obsolete) To remain.

Etymology 4

Aphetic form of arrest.

Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.

Results 430 Words with the letters REST

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6 letter words with the letters REST 
AVERTS 10
BERTHS 11
BRENTS 10
BRUTES 10
BURETS 10
BUSTER 10
CHERTS 11
CRUETS 10
CRUSET 10
CURETS 10
ERSATZ 15
ERUCTS 10
ERUPTS 10
ESTRUM 10
EVERTS 10
EXERTS 13
EXSERT 13
EXTRAS 13
JESTER 15
JUSTER 16
KITERS 10
MUSTER 10
OXTERS 13
PUREST 10
REBUTS 10
RECTUS 10
RECUTS 10
REVEST 10
REVETS 10
RITZES 15
RIVETS 10
SKATER 10
SPRENT 10
STARVE 10
STIVER 10
STOKER 10
STOVER 10
STRAKE 10
STREAK 10
STREEK 10
STREWN 10
STRIKE 10
STRIVE 10
STROKE 10
STROVE 10
TAKERS 10
TAXERS 13
THERMS 11
THRESH 10
THYRSE 10
TOKERS 10
TRAVES 10
TRIKES 10
TROKES 10
TROVES 10
TRUCES 10
TUBERS 10
TURVES 11
TUSKER 11
TWERPS 12
TWYERS 11
VASTER 10
VERIST 10
VERSET 10
VERSTE 10
VERSTS 10
VERTUS 11
VESTRY 12
VOTERS 10
WRYEST 11
XYSTER 15
ZESTER 15
ZOSTER 15
5 letter words with the letters REST 
4 letter words with the letters REST 
ERST 4
REST 4
RETS 4
3 letter words with the letters REST 
ERS 3
RES 3
RET 3
SER 3
SET 3
2 letter words with the letters REST 
ER 2
ES 2
ET 2
RE 2

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