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1. Something left after other parts have been taken away
   "he threw away the rest";
   - remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum
    
2. Freedom from activity (work, strain or responsibility)
   "took his rest by the swimming pool";
   - ease, repose, relaxation
    
3. A pause for relaxation
   "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests";
   - respite, relief, rest period
    
4. A state of inaction
   "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
    
5. A euphemism for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
   "she was laid to rest beside her husband";
   - eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus
    
6. A support on which things can be put
   "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
    
7. A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

1. Not move; be in a resting position
    
2. Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
   - breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
    
3. Give a rest to
   "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
    
4. Have a place in relation to something else
   "The responsibility rests with the Allies";
   - lie
    
5. Be at rest
    
6. Be in the same place or state for an extended period of time
   "rest assured";
   - stay, remain
    
7. Be inherent or innate in
   - reside, repose
    
8. Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
   "Rest your head on my shoulder"
    
9. Sit, as on a branch
   "The birds rested high in the tree";
   - perch, roost
    
10. Rest on or as if on a pillow
    "rest your head";
    - pillow
     
11. Be inactive, refrain from acting
    "The committee is resting over the summer"

Sounds like: resistors, resi, rest

Derived forms: rests, resting, rested

See also: lean against, repose on

Type of: attach to, be, break, component, component part, constituent, death, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, inhere in, intermission, intermit, interruption, lay, musical notation, part, pause, place, portion, pose, position, put, recline, recumb [rare], repose, set, sit, sit down, support, suspension

Antonym: move

Encyclopedia: Rest, Virginia