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Adjective: rested  re-stid
  1. Not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
    "came back rested from her vacation"
Verb: rest  rest
  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: rests, wrested, w

See also: fresh, invigorated, lean against, lively, refreshed, reinvigorated, repose on, untired, unwearied, unweary

Type of: attach to, be, break, inhere in, intermit, lay, pause, place, pose, position, put, recline, recumb [rare], repose, set, sit, sit down

Antonym: move, tired

Encyclopedia: Rest, Virginia