rest

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English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English rest, from Old English rest, ræst (“rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep, resting-place, a bed, couch, grave”), from Proto-Germanic *rastō, *rastijō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōē, “rest, respite”), Avestan  (airime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (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.
    I need to get a good rest tonight, I was up late last night.
    The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
  2. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
    We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
  3. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
    It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
  4. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
    The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
    The ocean was finally at rest.
    Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
  5. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
    She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
  6. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
    Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
  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.
    The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
  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.
    Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
  10. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
    She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
    He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hypernyms
  • (snooker: stick used to support the tip of the cue when the cue ball is out of reach): bridge
Hyponyms
  • (object designed to be used to support something else): arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest
  • (pause of specified length in a piece of music): breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest
Derived terms
Terms derived from the above senses of rest
Translations
relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation
peace, freedom from trouble, tranquility
repose afforded by death
pause of a specified length in a piece of music
symbol indicating a pause in music
physics: absence of motion
stick used to support the cue in snooker
object designed to be used to support something else
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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 *rastijanan (“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.
    My day's work is over; now I will rest.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
      And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
    We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
    I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
    Rest assured that I will do my best.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:
      With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
  5. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
    The blame seems to rest with your father.
  6. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
    I rested my head in my hands.
    She rested against my shoulder.
    I rested against the wall for a minute.
  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.)
    The defense rests, your Honor.
    I rest my case.
  8. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
  9. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
  10. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
Synonyms
Troponyms
Derived terms
Translations
intransitive: take repose
give rest to
stop working, become inactive
stay, remain, be situated
transitive: lean or lay (something)
intransitive: lie or lean or be supported
US legal

Etymology 3

Middle English reste, from Old French reste from Old French rester (“to remain”) from Latin restare (“to stay back, stay behind”) from re- +‎ stare (to stand). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

rest (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) That which remains.
    She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • all the rest
Translations
remainder

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To remain.
Translations
to remain
to be left

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

rest f (plural resten, diminutive restje)

  1. rest (that which remains)

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Northern Italian dialect, compare Emilian rest, Romagnol rést, Italian resto (“rest”), from restare, from Latin restō (“I stay behind, remain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛʃt/
  • Hyphenation: rest

Adjective

rest (comparative restebb, superlative legrestebb)

  1. lazy

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rastō, *rastijō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”).

Noun

rest f

  1. rest
  2. resting place; bed
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Romanian

Etymology

From French reste.

Pronunciation

Noun

rest n (plural resturi)

  1. rest (remainder)

Declension

declension of rest
singular plural
gender n indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un rest restul niște resturi resturile
genitive/dative unui rest restului unor resturi resturilor

See also

Noun

rest inv. (allows only the definite articled form for singular restul)

  1. change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
    Poftim restul de la înghețată, băiete. — Here's your change from the ice-cream you bought, son.

Usage notes

  • The use of the meaning for change is restrictive to money, usually in small sums, taken after making a transaction. To describe such change when it is in one's pocket or lying around, the term mărunțiș is preferred.
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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

rest c

  1. remainder, rest (what remains)
  2. (mathematics) remainder
    11 dividerat med 2 är 5, med 1 i rest — 11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1
  3. leftover

Declension

Declension of rest
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rest resten rester resterna
genitive rests restens resters resternas

Verb

rest

  1. supine of resa.
  2. past participle of resa.
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