Dictionary Entry
rest
rest is a 4-letter English word with 42 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To arrest. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 42 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To arrest.
- 2noun
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
- 3noun
Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
- 4noun
Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
- 5noun
That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
- 6noun
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
- 7noun
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- 8noun
A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
- 9noun
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
- 10noun
A set or game at tennis.
- 11noun
Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
- 12noun
To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
- 13noun
To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
- 14noun
To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
- 15noun
To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
- 16noun
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
- 17noun
To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
- 18noun
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- 19transitive verb
To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
- 20transitive verb
To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
- 21noun
That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
- 22noun
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- 23noun
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.
- 24intransitive verb
To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
- 25noun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
"took his repose by the swimming pool"
Synonyms
- 26noun
a support on which things can be put
"the gun was steadied on a special rest"
- 27noun
a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- 28noun
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
- 29noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
"she was laid to rest beside her husband"
"they had to put their family pet to sleep"
- 30noun
a state of inaction
"a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
- 31noun
a pause for relaxation
"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
- 32verb
be at rest
- 33verb
stay the same; remain in a certain state
"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
"rest assured"
- 34verb
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Synonyms
- 35verb
give a rest to
"He rested his bad leg"
"Rest the dogs for a moment"
- 36verb
rest on or as if on a pillow
"pillow your head"
Synonyms
- 37verb
sit, as on a branch
"The birds perched high in the tree"
- 38verb
not move; be in a resting position
- 39verb
put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
"Rest your head on my shoulder"
- 40verb
be inactive, refrain from acting
"The committee is resting over the summer"
- 41verb
be inherent or innate in
- 42verb
have a place in relation to something else
"The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"
"The responsibility rests with the Allies"
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