rest

1. (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.

2. 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. 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. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

   Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.

5. A final position after death.

   She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.

6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

   Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.

7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. Absence of motion.

   The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.

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.

   Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.

    He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.

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.

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 be or to put into a state of rest.

   I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.

5. To stay, remain, be situated.

   The blame seems to rest with your father.

6. To lean, lie, or lay.

   A column rests on its pedestal.

7. 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.)

   I rest my case.

8. To sleep; slumber.
9. To lie dormant.
10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. To rely or depend on.

    The decision rests on getting a bank loan.

12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

1. 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.

2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
3. 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

To remain.

verb

To arrest.