Meaning of rest | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
   uncountable
2. rest, remainder, remnant
3. That which remains.
   uncountable
4. Acronym of representational state transfer.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
5. Acronym of Revised Extended Standard Theory.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. first-person singular present indicative of reposar
7. radical
8. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
   countable
9. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
   uncountable
10. a surname
11. 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.
    UK, uncountable
12. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
    uncountable
13. remainder, remnant
14. A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
    uncountable
15. A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
    euphemistic, uncountable
16. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
    countable
17. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
    countable
18. Absence of motion.
    uncountable
19. 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.
    countable
20. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
    countable
21. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
    countable, uncountable
22. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
    countable, uncountable
23. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
    countable, uncountable
24. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
    countable, uncountable
25. A set or game at tennis.
    countable, dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.”

“The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.”

“We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.”

“It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.”

“And the land had rest fourscore years.”

“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.”

“She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.”

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

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

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

“She put the phone receiver back in its rest.”

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

“their visors closed, their lances in the rest”

“c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times halfway houses and travellers' rests”

“in dust our final rest, and native home”

“Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.”

“a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest”

“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.”

“Plato and the rest of the philosophers”

“Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.”

“The rest of us were engaged in various occupations: Mr. Trevor relating experiences of steamboat days on the Ohio to Mrs. Cooke; Miss Trevor buried in a serial in the Century; and Farrar and I taking an inventory of the fishing-tackle, when we were startled by a loud and profane ejaculation.”

“Shepard: The rest of the galaxy isn't just going to bow down just because we tell them to. We'll need the fleets to bring them in line.”

“It also showed that 26 of the top 30 AI patent requests came from businesses. Universities or public research organizations made up the rest.”

“Coding a REST API has never felt right to me. I believe that REST APIs should be designed and configured, but not coded.”

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