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

1. transitive verb. To arrest.
2. noun. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
3. noun. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
4. noun. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
5. noun. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
6. noun. A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
7. noun. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
8. noun. A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
9. noun. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
10. noun. A set or game at tennis.
11. noun. 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.
12. noun. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
13. noun. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
14. noun. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
15. noun. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
16. noun. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
17. noun. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
18. noun. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
19. transitive verb. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
20. transitive verb. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
21. noun. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
22. noun. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
23. noun. 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.
24. intransitive verb. To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
25. noun. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

    "took his repose by the swimming pool"

    Synonyms: ease, relaxation, repose

26. noun. a support on which things can be put

    "the gun was steadied on a special rest"

27. noun. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
28. noun. something left after other parts have been taken away

    "there was no remainder"

    "he threw away the rest"

    Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum

29. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: quietus, sleep

30. noun. a state of inaction

    "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"

31. noun. a pause for relaxation

    "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

    Synonyms: relief, respite

32. verb. be at rest
33. verb. stay the same; remain in a certain state

    "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"

    "rest assured"

    Synonyms: remain, stay

34. verb. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

    Synonyms: breathe

35. verb. give a rest to

    "He rested his bad leg"

    "Rest the dogs for a moment"

36. verb. rest on or as if on a pillow

    "pillow your head"

    Synonyms: pillow

37. verb. sit, as on a branch

    "The birds perched high in the tree"

    Synonyms: perch, roost

38. verb. not move; be in a resting position
39. verb. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

    "Rest your head on my shoulder"

40. verb. be inactive, refrain from acting

    "The committee is resting over the summer"

41. verb. be inherent or innate in

    Synonyms: repose, reside

42. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: lie

Synonyms

ease, relaxation, repose, balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, quietus, sleep, relief, respite, remain, stay, breathe, pillow, perch, roost, reside, lie

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rest:

erst, rets, sert, ster, stre, tres

Common word forms

rests, rested, rester, restes, restful, resting, restable, restless

Words from these letters

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