Definition of Rest

Rest To arrest. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work. A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. A set or game at tennis. 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. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. 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. To be left; to remain; to continue to be. Related Definitions: Abode, Above, Account, Acquiesce, Action, After, An, Anxiety, Anything, Are, Arrest, As, Assets, At, Balance, Bank, Be, Body, By, Cause, Caused, Cease, Cessation, Character, Column, Confidence, Contemplation, Continue, Couch, Cuirass, Cutting, Dead, Death, Description, Desist, Either, Equalize, Especially, Everything, Exertion, Fact, Firm, Fixed, For, Free, Freedom, From, Fund, Game, Half, Held, Hence, Has, In, Included, Inn, Is, Labor, Lance, Lathe, Lay, Lean, Left, Liabilities, Lie, Man, May, Mental, Mind, Motion, Music, Name, Named, Not, Of, On, One, Or, Part, Pause, Peace, Pedestal, Permanently, Place, Poetically, Projection, Promise, Proposition, Quarter, Quiet, Reading, Recline, Regular, Rely, Remain, Remainder, Repose, Reserved, Residue, Rest, Right, Running, Satisfied, Security, Separation, Serving, Set, Short, Side, Silence, Sleep, Slumber, Stand, State, Steadying, Still, Striking, Such, Support, Supported, Supporting, Sura, Surplus, Temporarily, Tennis, That, The, They, Those, To, Tool, Tranquillity, Trust, Verse, Weariness, Where, Which, Whole, Without, Work

Rest Quotations Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Mother Teresa While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man. Maya Angelou A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. Dalai Lama I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details. Albert Einstein Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. George Washington I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." Muhammad Ali Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. C. S. Lewis

Rest Translations rest in Afrikaans is rus, afval, res rest in Danish is rest, ro, hvile rest in Dutch is rest, overblijfsel, rommel, afval rest in Latin is quies quietis, cubitus rest in Norwegian is hvile rest in Portuguese is descanso, descansar rest in Spanish is descansar, sosegar rest in Swedish is ro, vila, rast