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Definition: Rest |
RestNoun1. Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest". 2. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool". 3. A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests". 4. A state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon". 5. 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". 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. Verb1. Not move; be in a resting position. 2. Take a short breath. 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 fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies". 5. Be at rest. 6. Stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week". 7. Be inherent or innate in;. 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 perched high in the treee". 10. : rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head. 11. : be inactive, refrain from acting on something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A trade in which every hobo holds a Union Card for life. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Rest (1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb. 4:1). (2.) Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28). (3.) Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7). (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work (Heb. 4:9; R.V., "sabbath"), a rest like that of God when he had finished the work of creation. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Rest (The). A contraction of residue- thus, resid', resit, res't. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Military | In artillery, a command that indicates that the unit(s) or gun(s) to which it is addressed shall not follow up fire orders during the time that the order is in force. (references) |
Public Administration | The support for a telephone receiver or handset. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Any uninterrupted period of at least one hour during which the driver may freely dispose of his time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Rest (Old English ræst, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. German Rast, Rilste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasia, league, i.e. resting or stopping place), is a cessation from active or regular work, hence a time of relief from mental or manual labour. Specific meanings are for an interval of silence in Music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause; for the forked support with iron-shod spike carried by the soldier till the end of the 17th century as a rest for the heavy musket; and for the support for the cue in billiards to be used when the striking ball is out of reach of the natural rest formed by the hand.In the medieval armour of the horsed man-at-arms, and later in the armour of the tournament, a contrivance was fixed to the side of the body-armour near the right arm-pit, in which the butt-end of the lance was placed to prevent the lance being driven back after striking the opponent at full charge. Hence a knight, as a preliminary to the charge, laid his lance in rest. This rest is a shortened form of arrest, to check, stop, as is seen by the French equivalent, arret.
In Physics and in the technical sense of geometric mensuration, rest denotes a particular relation between a pair of observers. By Albert Einstein's celebrated definition, two observers measure having been at rest to each other in any particular trial if they succeed to identify a third observer as middle between each other, in that trial.
Further, rest, that which remains over and above, is derived from the French rester, to remain over, Latin restare, to remain, literally, to stay behind. The principal specific use of this word is in commerce for the balance of undivided profit; it has thus always been the term used by the Bank of England for that which in other banks and companies is called the reserve.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
REST | English | Radar Electronic-Scan Technique | Electrical Engineering, Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RestSynonyms: ease (n), eternal rest (n), eternal sleep (n), quietus (n), relaxation (n), relief (n), remainder (n), residual (n), residue (n), residuum (n), respite (n), rest period (n), sleep (n), breathe (v), catch one's breath (v), lie (v), perch (v), pillow (v), remain (v), repose (v), reside (v), roost (v), stay (v), take a breather (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: be active (v), change (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cessation | Verb: cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down. |
Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture. | |
Death | Noun: death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity. |
Inaction | Inactivity; rest; (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing. |
Permanence | Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good. |
Quiescence | Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue). |
Remainder | Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. |
Repose | Verb: repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy. |
Noun: repose, rest, silken repose; sleep. | |
Support | Noun: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib; point d'appui, gr/pou sto/gr, purchase footing, hold, locus standi; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor; (basement). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rest |
| English words defined with "rest": Back rest ♦ chin rest ♦ day of rest, Dotted rest ♦ eternal rest ♦ lay to rest ♦ Parade rest ♦ rest area, rest day, rest energy, rest mass, rest on, rest stop ♦ Steady rest ♦ whole rest. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rest": Adrenal Rest Tumor, Among the rest, angle of rest ♦ financial assets and liabilities vis-Ã -vis the rest of the world,other than the official reserves, for The Rest Of Them ♦ medium and long term assets vis-Ã -vis the rest of the world ♦ net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-Ã -vis the rest of the world ♦ reclining back rest, Rest on One's Oars, REST ROOM ATTENDANT, rest time rules ♦ weekly rest day. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rest": Resty. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rest" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (remainder, rest), Dutch (remainder, rest), German (balance, carryover, end, left over, relic, remain, remainder, remains, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scrap, tail), Hungarian (inert, languid, slothful, sluggard, sluggish), Romanian (balance, carry over, change, end, oddment, patch, remainder, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rump, survival, tailing), Swedish (remainder, residual, rest, survival, travelled). |
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Screenplays | Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) My favorite part about graduating now will be dodging my student loan officer for the rest of my life (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis.) Ya know, my father used to say, every man's got a devil, and you can't rest until you find him. But if it's any consolation to you, you have put a smile on my face (The Crow; writing credit: David J. Schow, John Shirley) I got mine, Wayne, you get the rest of them (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) | |
Lyrics | Tonight and the rest of my life (Tonight and the Rest of My Life; performing artist: Nina Gordon) For all the rest of time (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing; performing artist: AEROSMITH) Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away (Games People Play; performing artist: Alan Parsons Project) And if we're good we'll lay to rest (Like A Stone; performing artist: AUDIOSLAVE) Like the rest of the Romeos wore a permanent wave, yeah (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Clever | Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. (references; author: Mark Twain) 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. (references; author: unknown) You, you, and you: panic. The rest of you, come with me. (references; author: unknown) Live for Jesus now and spend the rest of eternity in the non-smoking section. (references; author: unknown) You better think about the future, for it's where you will spend the rest of your life. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rest In Peace Uncle Fred (1970) You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967) Der Rest ist Schweigen (1959) Rest in Violence (1958) Papa's Day of Rest (1951) | |
Song Titles | Tonight And The Rest Of Our Lives (performing artist: Nina Gordon) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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One of the many uses for the laser in medical research is as a light source to detect premalignant and malignant cells in a Pap smear. Shown here are gynecologic cells passing in a stream through the laser beam where each cell is analyzed. Abnormal-appearing cells can be sorted from the rest of the cells and later examined by a pathologist for evidence of cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | At the Panel Table from L-R: Kathleen Rest, Dep. Dir. Program, NIOSH (speaking); Richard Jackson, Dir. of NCEH; Jim Hughes, Dir. NCID; Joe Henderson, Assoc. Dir. for B.T.; Julie Gerberding, Dir. of CDC. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Crew of Coast Guard PBY-5 (08055) V-189 Joseph Sosbee standing on left - rest of crew unidentified. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Stopping for lunch and a rest enroute Off of EXPLORER Photo sheet No. 3 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Noah White, the Antarctic radio operator, takes a well-deserved rest. Homeward bound after 12 months at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Signal building party taking a rest on Kagalaska Island. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Artist's conception of pole and line fishing. When one fish is hooked, the rest of the school tends to follow the hooked fish to the side of the fishing vessel . Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | A heron takes a rest on a pile of stone crab traps. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Three Brown Pelicans rest at the entrance to Maximo Park. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Flag at Rest" by phong Commentary: "A shot I took of The Washingtom Monument that turned out pretty well." | "Rest" by Soaronski - Commentary: "Park." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dederich | Today is the first day of the rest of your life. |
Homer | For too much rest becomes a pain. |
Jonathan Swift | What some people invent the rest enlarge. |
Joseph Joubert | Tenderness is the rest of passion. |
Laurence Sterne | Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. |
Ovid | The rest who does not know? |
| What is without periods of rest will not endure. | |
Pierre Corneille | Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. |
Plutarch | Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. |
Walt Whitman | Produce great men, the rest follows. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And if we shall not have corrected the transgression (or, in the event of our being out of the realm, if our justiciar shall not have corrected it) within forty days, reckoning from the time it has been intimated to us (or to our justiciar, if we should be out of the realm), the four barons aforesaid shall refer that matter to the rest of the five and twenty barons, and those five and twenty barons shall, together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they deem fit, saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our queen and children; and when redress has been obtained, they shall resume their old relations towards us. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | A few established laws served the turn, and the discretion and care of the ruler supplied the rest. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | For the rest, nothing is more ridiculous than the virtuous indignation of our bourgeois at the community of women which, they pretend, is to be openly and officially established by the Communists. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Fifth.The adoption of a weekly rest of at least twenty-four hours, which should include Sunday wherever practicable. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1941) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | And there was time enough for Emma to form a reasonable judgment, as their visit included all the rest of the morning |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And she led him out of the room, unnoticed by the rest of the party, who were wholly absorbed in watching the old Beggar |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Once in a great while, the thoughts, that had seemed so vital and so active, yet had been put to rest so quietly, revived again |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Spanish convent is dismal above all the rest. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Copy out your themes again the rest of you. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | God give your Grace good rest. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They let her rest awhile, and then helped her up again, and the three walked back and forth, back and forth between the pains |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I dispatched four of them, but the rest got away, and I presently shut my window |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Bed rest and medicine will help you get better. (references) | |
The rest degenerate and disappear over the years. (references) | ||
Rest after meals, because activity may slow digestion. (references) | ||
Business | The rest (97 percent) of the market is supplied from imports. (references) | |
For many exporters, the United Kingdom is the gateway to the rest of Europe. (references) | ||
The rest comes from power purchase from neighboring countries, Laos and Burma. (references) | ||
Children | China | The goal of many of these programs is to allow persons with disabilities to be integrated into the rest of society. (references) |
Bulgaria | Policies and public attitudes prevalent during the Communist era, which separated mentally and physically disabled persons, including very young children from the rest of society, have persisted. (references) | |
Thailand | The 2002-2006 plan is scheduled to be released in January 2002. Although special juvenile courts and detention centers exist in 34 provinces, children are tried in the same courts and detained with adults in the rest of the country. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Finland | A majority of the newspapers are independent and the rest are produced by political parties. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | Movement within Bougainville and between Bougainville and the rest of the country is unrestricted. (references) | |
Austria | In May he won a preliminary court order in one suit; the rest of the cases were pending at year's end. (references) | |
Economic History | Guatemala | The rest sell directly to Guatemalan buyers. (references) |
Egypt | The second stage will cover the rest of Egypt. (references) | |
Colombia | Most of the rest has been imported from Bolivia. (references) | |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | The rest were wives, girlfriends, other civilians, or fellow officers. (references) |
Pakistan | Half of the leaders and workers were released on April 2; the rest were released by mid-April. (references) | |
Taiwan | The new modified adversarial trial system is a potential model for the rest of the judicial system. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Botswana | They are physically, linguistically, and culturally distinct from the rest of the population. (references) |
Dominica | Unemployment is believed to be higher than in rest of the country, while the average income is below the national average. (references) | |
Panama | Despite legal protection and formal equality, indigenous people generally endure relatively higher levels of poverty, disease, malnutrition, and illiteracy than the rest of the population. (references) | |
Minorities | Senegal | Casamance is substantially less arid, less Islamic, and less Wolof than the rest of the country. (references) |
Philippines | Provinces in Mindanao that are predominantly Muslim lag behind the rest of the region in almost all aspects of socioeconomic development. (references) | |
United Kingdom | Employment discrimination on religious grounds is prohibited by law in Northern Ireland, although not in the rest of the country, and a public tribunal adjudicates complaints. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | Both overtime and rest periods are regulated. (references) |
ISRAEL | The weekly rest must be at least 36 consecutive hours and include the Sabbath. (references) | |
TUNISIA | Most business sectors observe a 48-hour workweek, with one 24-hour rest period. (references) | |
Political Rights | Denmark | Greenlanders and Faroese are Danish citizens with the same rights as those in the rest of the Kingdom. (references) |
Yemen | Decisionmaking and real political power still rest in the hands of the executive branch, particularly the President. (references) | |
Burma | As for the rest, it claimed that 105 had resigned their parliamentary status, 139 had been disqualified by the commission, 27 had resigned from the NLD, and 31 had died. (references) | |
Trade | Ecuador | Sixty percent of the letters of credit opened were at 90 days sight; the rest were at sight. (references) |
Netherlands | U.S. firms exporting to the Netherlands or the rest of the EU can call a customs information hotline for a ruling. (references) | |
Chile | Foreign trade financing and money exchange operations are particularly active and efficient compared to the rest of Latin America. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Buses take 3 1/2 hours, with a rest stop. (references) |
Qatar | Friday is a day of rest for all sectors, including all Embassies. (references) | |
Cape Verde | A satellite earth station in Praia links Cape Verde with the rest of the world. (references) | |
Women | Tanzania | FGM is almost nonexistent in the rest of the country. (references) |
Turkey | Under inheritance laws, a widow generally receives 1/4 of the estate, and her children receive the rest. (references) | |
Iceland | A 12 percent difference in pay may be attributable to the fact that men work on average 4.2 more hours per week than women, but the rest of the gap is unexplained. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Rwanda | There is no mandated rest period. (references) |
Syria | The laws mandate one 24-hour rest day per week. (references) | |
Malaysia | Each workweek must include a 24-hour rest period. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that those souls which in a previous state of existence (antedating Athens) had obtained the clearest glimpses of eternal truth entered into the bodies of persons who became philosophers. Plato himself was a philosopher. The souls that had least contemplated divine truth animated the bodies of usurpers and despots. Dionysius I, who had threatened to decapitate the broad- browed philosopher, was a usurper and a despot. Plato, doubtless, was not the first to construct a system of philosophy that could be quoted against his enemies; certainly he was not the last. "Concerning the nature of the soul," saith the renowned author of Diversiones Sanctorum, "there hath been hardly more argument than that of its place in the body. Mine own belief is that the soul hath her seat in the abdomen -- in which faith we may discern and interpret a truth hitherto unintelligible, namely that the glutton is of all men most devout. He is said in the Scripture to 'make a god of his belly' -- why, then, should he not be pious, having ever his Deity with him to freshen his faith? Who so well as he can know the might and majesty that he shrines? Truly and soberly, the soul and the stomach are one Divine Entity; and such was the belief of Promasius, who nevertheless erred in denying it immortality. He had observed that its visible and material substance failed and decayed with the rest of the body after death, but of its immaterial essence he knew nothing. This is what we call the Appetite, and it survives the wreck and reek of mortality, to be rewarded or punished in another world, according to what it hath demanded in the flesh. The Appetite whose coarse clamoring was for the unwholesome viands of the general market and the public refectory shall be cast into eternal famine, whilst that which firmly through civilly insisted on ortolans, caviare, terrapin, anchovies, pates de foie gras and all such Christian comestibles shall flesh its spiritual tooth in the souls of them forever and ever, and wreak its divine thirst upon the immortal parts of the rarest and richest wines ever quaffed here below. Such is my religious faith, though I grieve to confess that neither His Holiness the Pope nor His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (whom I equally and profoundly revere) will assent to its dissemination." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andy Rooney | The rest of our country has been great to New York since the attack. New Yorkers are being consoled, felt sorry for, sympathized with, even loved. |
Ann Richards | Well, I don't really have a favorite. The one I like who's saying something that is significant and matters is Howard Dean. Now, the rest of them may come up with something. |
Barbara Walters | You feel socialism works. It seems that the tide in the rest of the world is turning away. We see people in you country hungry. We see people going on boats and risking their lives to leave this country. Does social work. |
Jerry Lewis | I'm going to be able to do the top of the show. I'll do five or six hours, and then I've got to rest for eight, and then I'll do the balance. |
Rod Steiger | I would do those for the rest of my life. I never sign with a studio really. And if I did, I would sign to do biographies. |
Rush Limbaugh | My guess is that President Kennedy would have, as most of the rest of us have, urged a bit bolder tax relief. |
William Shatner | Tragedy, loss, grief. Big, big factor of grief. And so, to take the moment and say my heart, our hearts go out to all those people who are grieving Danny Pearl and the rest of the world, there's so many, so many tragedies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | With all the rest we have free trade, even with the insular colonies of all the European nations, except Great Britain. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Thus will all conflicting claims to jurisdiction between the States and the Indian tribes be put to rest. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our destiny in the midst of change will rest on the unchanged character of our people, and on their faith. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Together with the rest of the world, let us resolve to move forward from the beginnings we have made. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | A growing defense effort and a vigorous foreign policy rest upon a strong economy here in the United States. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | To view the State of the Union in perspective, we must not ignore the rest of the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Those people ought to have retirement as well as the rest of us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Rest" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.21% of the time. "Rest" is used about 15,687 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.21% | 13,837 | 657 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 10.03% | 1,573 | 5,250 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.73% | 271 | 17,854 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15,687 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "rest". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Adnah | N/A | Biblical | Eternal rest |
| Barsabas | N/A | Biblical | Son of rest |
| Hen | N/A | Biblical | Rest |
| Manahethites | N/A | Biblical | My prince of rest |
| Manoah | N/A | Biblical | Rest |
| Nahath | N/A | Biblical | Rest |
| Noha | N/A | Biblical | Rest |
| Rephidim | N/A | Biblical | Places of rest |
| Shabbethai | N/A | Biblical | My rest |
| Timnath-heres | N/A | Biblical | Numbering of the rest |
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Expressions using "rest": a day of rest ♦ ad at rest ♦ Adrenal Rest Tumor ♦ all the rest of it ♦ and all the rest of it ♦ and the rest ♦ and the rest of it ♦ arm rest ♦ at rest ♦ at rest inactive motionless static still ♦ Back rest ♦ be at rest ♦ Bed Rest ♦ bring to rest ♦ chin rest ♦ come to rest ♦ complete rest ♦ Compound rest ♦ crotchet rest ♦ cut above the rest ♦ day of rest ♦ Dotted rest ♦ elbow rest ♦ eternal rest ♦ foot rest ♦ for the rest ♦ for The Rest Of Them ♦ for The Rest Of Us ♦ get to rest ♦ give smb. no rest ♦ go to rest ♦ god rest his soul ♦ got rest his soul! ♦ gun rest ♦ have a day's rest ♦ have a rest ♦ have rest ♦ head rest ♦ it is time to go to rest ♦ knifes rest ♦ lay to rest ♦ let rest ♦ lose rest ♦ may he rest in peace ♦ may he rest in peace! ♦ Mountain Rest ♦ need rest ♦ not a moment's rest ♦ one's rest ♦ parade rest ♦ quaver rest ♦ receiver rest ♦ reclining back rest ♦ rest 0 ♦ rest 2 ♦ rest a ladder against the wall ♦ rest against ♦ rest area ♦ rest assured ♦ rest assured that ♦ rest camp ♦ rest cure ♦ rest day ♦ rest easy ♦ rest energy ♦ rest harrow ♦ Rest Haven ♦ rest home ♦ rest house ♦ rest in peace ♦ rest interval ♦ rest mass ♦ rest of ♦ rest on ♦ rest on one's laurels ♦ rest on one's oars ♦ rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels ♦ rest on smb.'s word ♦ rest on top ♦ rest one's case ♦ rest one's elbows on the table ♦ rest oneself ♦ rest pause ♦ rest period ♦ rest place ♦ rest room ♦ rest stop ♦ rest time rules ♦ rest up ♦ rest upon ♦ rest upon one's oars ♦ rest with ♦ rest with smb. ♦ retire to rest ♦ set a question at rest ♦ set at rest ♦ set one's mind at rest ♦ set the question at rest ♦ set your mind at rest about that! ♦ slide rest ♦ snatch some rest. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rest": rest-breaks, rest-camp, rest-cure, rest-day, rest-harrow, rest-home, rest-house, rest-houses, rest-paregoric, rest-periods, rest-room, rest-spot, rest-station, rest-stop, rest-type. | |
Ending with "rest": arm-rest, bed-rest, foot-rest, head-rest, rod-rest. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
simmons beauty rest | 395 | spoon rest | 41 |
rest | 326 | the rest of your life | 41 |
beauty rest | 192 | rest in peace | 39 |
rest in piece | 126 | rifle rest | 38 |
simmons beauty rest mattress | 124 | back rest | 38 |
life rest single | 106 | arm rest | 37 |
beauty rest mattress | 93 | bed rest pillow | 32 |
in lyrics piece rest saliva | 91 | rest stops | 29 |
in lyrics piece rest | 90 | traveler rest | 27 |
foot rest | 67 | harvey paul rest story | 26 |
therm a rest | 63 | back motorcycle rest | 26 |
area rest | 61 | rest haven | 25 |
rest home | 60 | law life lyrics rest unwritten | 25 |
in piece rest saliva | 52 | paul harveys the rest of the story | 25 |
wrist rest | 52 | life lyrics rest | 24 |
traveler rest sc | 51 | pregnancy bed rest | 22 |
rest of the story | 50 | simmons beauty rest world class | 22 |
go high mountain rest that | 48 | violin shoulder rest | 22 |
bed rest | 45 | shooting rest | 20 |
arrow rest | 43 | child comfort comfortable cool feel non rest this | 20 |
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| Language | Translations for "rest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rus (repose, Russian), res (remainder), afval (apostasy, apostatize, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, desert, drop, drop out, fall, fall away, lose, lose flesh, lose in weight, parings, refuse, remainder, rubbish, rubble, secede, waste, windfall). (various references) | |
Albanian | çlodh (recreate, recuperate, repose, wind). (various references) | |
Arabic | طمئن (assure, promise, reassure), بقية (end, remainder, remnant, stub, survival), دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), راحة (comfort, cosiness, ease, grace, leisure, letup, lie, pause, recuperation, relief, repose, stop), رويحة, رقاد (shut eye, sleep), أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away), إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, leave, permission, permissiveness, permit, vacation, variance, warrant, warranty), إستراح (breathe, ensconce oneself, hit the hay, lighten, recuperate, refresh, repose, set at rest, stand at ease, subside), إستراحة (break, breather, lounge, repose, silence, standoff, stoppage, subsidence), إستجم (relax), إستند (carry forward, lean, lean on, repose), بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, exist, remain, reside, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, sustain, tarry), الاستراحة, راحة (comfort), طمأنينة (quietism, repose, tranquility), علق (annotate, comment, commentate, dangle, gloss, hang, hang up, hinge, pin out, shelve, sling, stop, string up, suspend, swing), علق آماله على, علق الجلسات, سكون (calmness, easement, hush, inactivity, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietude, remission, repose, sedation, sleep, still, stillness, tranquillity), توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, pull up, quit, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch), وقوف في منتصف بيت الشعر, نوم (put smb. to bed, put to sleep, send smb. to sleep, shake down, shut eye, sleep), هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), معسكر الراحة, مسند (attribute, back, cushion, pillow, predicable, predicate, predicative, subject), متكأ (couch, cushion, divan, ottoman, sofa), الإستراحة. (various references) | |
Aymara | aparaña (to rest). (various references) | |
Basque | hondakin (remainder). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | покой (calm, ease, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietude, repose, slumber), давам почивка на, лежа неподвижно, лежа (couch, lain, lie, lie down, range, repose, set, sit), базирам (base, found), приют (asylum, home, hospice, retreat, shelter), почивка (break, intermission, interval, repose, respite, time off, time out), почивен, мир (accord, concord, pax, peace, quiet, quietude, serenity, world), почивам (pass away, pass on, repose), място за почивка (resting place), полагам (lay, place, put, put forth, put out, replace, repose, run), подставка (chock, horse-block, jamb, mounting, pedestal, prop, seat, sole, stand, standard, stock, support), подслон (harborage, harbour, harbourage, housing, inn, nest, protection, refuge, roof, sconce, shelter), подложка (bolster, chock, cushion, insert, insertion, mat, overlay, pad, padding, planch, saddle, seat, seating, sole, stock), подпора (abut, abutment, brace, bracing, bracket, counterfort, jamb, pillar, post, prop, puncheon, shore, sprag, stand, stock, stull, support, tree, upright), пауза (break, gap, interact, intermission, interregnum, interval, pause, stop, time off, time out), давам спокойствие на, давам отдих на (reprieve, respite), почивам си (repose, take a rest), оставям незасят, стойка (attitude, bipod, carriage, crutch, deportment, holder, leg, pier, pillar, port, post, posture, rack, riser, set, stand, tree), слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, implant, impose, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, position, pull on, put, put down, put in, put on, put to, run, set, sew on, ship, stand, stick, stick down, vat), спокойствие (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, ease, easiness, immovability, impassivity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, poise, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, security, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), спокоен съм (sleep), спирка (halt, pull in, stage, station, stop), спирам се (determine, draw bit, dwell on, enlarge, jib, pull up, repose, stand, stay, stop), резервен фонд (reserve), за почивка, възлагам (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, commission, depute, detail, endue, entrust, indue, put on, set), стоя неподвижно, отмора (diversion, recreation, relaxation, reprieve, respite), отпочивам си (relax), отпочивам, отдъхвам (relax, respire), отдих (leisure, relaxation, repose, reprieve, respite, truce), облягам се (settle back, sit back), опора (abut, anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, faith, foothold, holder, jamb, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, purchase, rampart, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stand by, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning), надявам се (expect, hope, ween), крепя се (steady). (various references) | |
Catalan | queden (they rest). (various references) | |
Chinese | 休息 (to rest). (various references) | |
Czech | přestávka (break, interlude, intermission, interval, lull, pause, standstill, stop), klid (calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, repose, serenity, stand, standstill, still, stillness, tranquillity), ležet (be, lie, lie down), oddech (pause, reprieve, truce), odpoèívat (lave, lie, recline, repose), odpoèinek (relaxation, repose, stop), opìra, úkryt (cache, cover, covert, hideaway, hiding, hiding place, lurking place, sconce, shelter), ostatek (remainder), zbytek (end, fag end, leftover, remain, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, survival, vestige), podstavec (base, easel, foot, horse, Mount, pedestal, plinth, support, trestle), pomlka, spánek (shuteye, sleep, slumber, temple), spoèívat (repose, reside), spoléhat (rely, repose, trust), utišit (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, quieten, relieve, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), zùstat (be, remain, stay), opřít (support). (various references) | |
Danish | ro (repose, row), rest (remainder), hvile (repose). (various references) | |
Dutch | rest (remainder), rommel (chaos, clippings, confusion, cuttings, debris, disorder, garbage, leavings, parings, refuse, remainder, rubbish, rubble, tangle, waste, windfall), afval (apostasy, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, garbage, leavings, parings, refuse, remainder, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ripozo (repose), ripozi (repose), resto (remainder), restaĵo (remainder), esti deponita (be deposited, be in the keeping). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tað ið eftir er (remainder), leivd (remainder), hvíla seg (repose). (various references) | |
Farsi | الباقی , بقایا (Leftover, Vestige), دیگران , ارمیدن (Repose), اسایش (Comfort, Welfare), استراحت (Breather, Relaxation, Repose, Respite), باقیمانده (Fragment, Remainder, Survivor), اسودن (Nestle, Nubuckle), محل استراحت , سایرین , تجدیدقوا (Refection), تکیه دادن (Accent, Bolster), کردن (Braid, Do, Fold, Gig, Grade, Ground, Hatch, Have, Hinder, Joint, List, Lob, Pass, Peer, Perform, Pickup, Poop, Ramble, Set, Settle, Stick, Tag, Thread, Tip), نتیجه (Affect, Consequence, Effect, Growth, Harvest, Hatch, Outcome, Outgrwth, Resolution, Result, Sequel, Success, Upshot), متکی بودن به , استراحت کردن (Lair, Nubuckle, Retire). (various references) | |
Finnish | levätä (have a rest, repose). (various references) | |
French | repos (recess, recovery, recreations, recuperation, repose), reste (remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum), support, se reposer (repose, rest up), reposer (recline, refresh, re-lay, repose), appui. (various references) | |
Frisian | rêst (repose), ôffal (apostasy, apostate, clippings, cuttings, defection, parings, refuse, remainder, rubbish, waste, windfall), ôfeart (clippings, cuttings, parings, refuse, remainder, rubbish, waste, windfall). (various references) | |
German | Ruhe (be quiet, calm, calmness, hush, order, peace, peacefulness, placidity, privacy, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, reposefulness, restfulness, retirement, sereneness, silence, smoothness, steadiness, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness), Rest (balance, carryover, end, left over, relic, remain, remainder, remains, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, scrap, tail), ruhen (be abed, be asleep, be buried, be in abeyance, be laid down, be quiet, be supported, be suspended, cease, lie, repose, stand idle, stop, to rest, tranquilnesses), ausruhen (be buried, have a rest, relax, take a rest, to relax, to rest), Stütze (aid, bastion, brace, dole, help, linchpin, mainstay, pillar, prop, support, sustainer, welfare), sich ausruhen (lie back, relax, repose, repose oneself, rest oneself, rest up, to take a rest), rasten (make a halt, speeded, to rest), Rast (rages, repose, speeds). (various references) | |
Greek | ξεκούραση (breather, relaxation), ανάπαυση (cosiness, ease, leisure, quietus, relaxation, reposal, repose, respite). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | çlodh (repose). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להנפש, נפישה (repose), נוח (affable, calm, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, snug, soft), ניחה (satisfaction), הפסק (cessation, interruption, stop), שאר (relic, remainder, residue), שארית (relic, remainder, remnant, residue), תנוחה (halt, pause, position, posture, stance), לנפוש (relax, repose), לנוח (lie, lie down, repose), נחת (calm, contentment, ease, gratification, mildness, peace, quiet, repose, satisfaction, tranquillity), לרגוע (be calm, relax, repose), משען (abutment, anchor, brace, buttress, prop, staff, stay, support), להשאר (abide, be left over, bide, remain, stay), להשעין (lean, prop, recline), להשען (lean, prop, recline, rely), יתר (abundance, excess, excessive, more, remainder, superfluous, surplus), יתרה (balance, remainder, surplus), מנוח (deceased, ease, late, peace, quiet, resting place, sanctuary), מנוחה (ease, quiet, relaxing, repose, resting place, tranquillity), מרגעה, מרגוע (pacifying, repose), לנוות (dwell). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pihenés (break, bunk fatigue, halt, recreation, refreshing, relaxation, repose, respite, slack), maradék (end, frazzle, left over, left overs, oddments, pickings, remainder, remains, remnant, residua, residue, residuum, rump, stub, tailings, the rest). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rehat, merebah (fall down, lie down), mengaso (take a break), jeda (caesura, juncture, respite, take a rest), beristirahat (respite). (various references) | |
Italian | riposo (quietness, refreshment, relaxation, repose, rest period), riposarsi (repose). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 憩い, 余り (not much, not very, remainder, remnant, surplus), 休憩 (break, intermission, recess). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅう (ball, being absent, being finished, ex-, gather, gift, globe, nine, retire, sleep, sphere, steep, sudden, taking a day off, urgent, wage), ていおんぷ, やすみ (absence, holiday, moulting, recess, respite, suspension, vacation), あんせい, あんまり (balance, excess, fullness, not much, not very, other, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, scraps, surplus, too much), あんそく (repose), あまり (balance, excess, fullness, not much, not very, other, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, scraps, surplus, too much), いこい, ていおん (bass, fixed temperature, low temperature, low tone, low voice), せいよう (straighten one's posture, the west, Western countries), おやすみ (absence, Good night, holiday), きゅうし (bow and arrow, cessation, dying in miserable circumstances, express messenger, historic ruins, historic site, molar, narrowly averting death, one's old master, one's old teacher, pause, ruins, sudden death), きゅうけい (arched, bow-shaped, break, bulb, castration, confinement in a palace, crescent-shaped, globular or spherical shape, intermission, old style, old type, onion, prosecution, recess, segment), きゅうよう (break, maintaining, recreation, supplying, urgent business), きゅうふ (delivery, former husband, former wife, pay, present), きゅうそく (pace, rapid, relaxation, relief, resting, speed of a pitched ball), きゅうしふ (full stop, period), なかやすみ (recess), レスト , いきやすめ (breaktime). (various references) | |
Korean | 나머지 (remainder, remnant). (various references) | |
Malagasy | mandry, anio (the rest of the day). (various references) | |
Malay | aso ... mengaso (repose). (various references) | |
Manx | yn chooid elley, taggey (second in command, stud), scuirr (abort, adjourn, adjournment, break up, bring to, cease, ceasing, cessation, desist, discontinuance, discontinue, halt, intermission, intermittence, leave off, let up, pause, prorogation, prorogue, pull up, respite, retirement, ring off; interval, shut off, stall, stop), goaill fea (quiet, quieten, take it easy), fieau (wait, waiting), fea (quiet, quietness, stillness), cur aash da, cagh elley (everyone else), aashagh (acquiescent, easy, effortless, leisurely, softly), aash (break, ease, easement). (various references) | |
Maya | he'el (to rest). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -torihshenks (to rest). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hvile (repose). (various references) | |
Occitan | repausar (se), rèsta (remainder). (various references) | |
Papiamen | restu (remainder), resto (remainder), deskanso (repose), deskansá (repose). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | estray.(various references) | |
Polish | wypoczywać (repose). (various references) | |
Portuguese | resto (drain, hangover, heel, leftover, odd-come-short, offal, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, residuum), repouso (lying, recumbence, recumbency, refreshment, repose, time-out), descanso (bracket, break, crutch, halt, landing, lay-over, leisure, lounge, pillow, pillow-block, placement, quiescence, quiescency, recumbence, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, repose, requiem, respite, resting, saddle, sleep, stand, time-out, touch-down, truce), descansar (breathe, doss, halt, lie by, lounge, recess, repose, respire, sleep, take a rest, unyoke). (various references) | |
Romanian | rest (balance, carry over, change, end, oddment, patch, remainder, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rump, survival, tailing). (various references) | |
Romansch | ruassar (to rest). (various references) | |
Romany | noonchìzava (to rest). (various references) | |
Russian | отдыхать (lay off, relax, repose, resting, take a holiday). (various references) | |
Scottish | tàmh (dwelling, quiet, sleep, staying), suaimhneas (geniality, quietness, security), socair (at your ease, comfort : air do shocair, ease, gentle, mild, quiet, steady, take), fois (leisure, peace), clos. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | predah (breather, pause), počivati (repose), počinak (repose), plandovati (laze), pauza (break, breather, intermission, pause), ostatak (leftover, odd-come-short, oddment, relic, remain, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rump, vestige), oslonac (backbone, backing, hold, standfast, support, supporter), oslanjati se (reckon on), oduška (outlet, pause, vent, ventil), odmoriti (stop and take breath), odmor (break, caesura, holiday, intermission, pastime, pause, quiet, recess, reposal, repose, respite, vacation), odmarati se (repose, sit back), naslon (back, support), mirovati (relax). (various references) | |
Sicilian | ripusari (to rest). (various references) | |
Spanish | descanso (at ease, break, breather, breathing space, decree, distraction, diversion, encampment, flop, half time, holidays, interlude, intermission, interval, landing, let up, pause, recess, relaxation, repose, stand at ease, tease, time out, travel), descansar (diversify, lay over, lie, lie up, recline, repose, take a rest, think over), resto (balance, carryover, debt, diversion, ecstasy, end, interval, left over, remainder, return). (various references) | |
Swedish | vila (abeyance, be in abeyance, lie, recline, recumbency, repose), ro (oar, peace, pull, quietness, quietude, repose, row, scull, tranquility, tranquillity), rast (break, halt, pause, recreation, repose), rest (remainder, residual, survival, travelled). (various references) | |
Tagalog | pahingá (repose), magpahingá (repose). (various references) | |
Turkish | rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), dayanak (abutment, anchorage, base, fulcrum, ground, hinge, Mount, pivot, prop, shore, support), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), durak (caesura, full point, full stop, stand, station, stop, stopping place), dinlenmek (lie back, lie up, recreate oneself, relax, repose, repose oneself, sit back, take a rest), dinlenme yeri (health resort, resort, resting place), dinlenme (breathing space, recreation, recumbency, relaxation, repose, respite), dinlendirmek (let rest, recreate, repose, resettle), dikmek (bed, bed out, construct, crop, engraft, erect, fix, ingraft, lay down, needle, perk, perk up, plant, post, prick, prick up, put stitches in, raise, rear, rest on, rivet, seam, seam together, seam up, set, set out, set up, sew, sew up, sow, stitch up, suture, tailor, Upend), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), gömülü olmak, dayamak (base on, base upon, lean against, ply, ply with, prop, prop up, recline, recline on, recline upon, support), bakiye (arrear, arrears, balance, effects, remainder, remaining balance, remnant, residuum), bakíye (remainder), aynen kalmak (remain), artik (abiding, left, left over, remainder, remaining), artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, effluent, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no longer, no more, refuse, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste), ölüm (bitter end, capital, deadly, death, decease, demise, departure, dissolution, doom, dying, end, ending, exit, killing, kiss off, last, latter end, longed-for rest, mortuary, necro-, obituary, passing, passing away, quietus, sleep, the great divide, the grim reaper, the reaper, tomb), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), kalan (arrears, balance, left behind, leftover, over, remainder, remaining, residual, residuary, residue, residuum, rump, surviving, vestigial), yaslanmak (lean, recline, repose, repose on, rest against, sit back), uzanmak (be couched, be ranging to the, grasp at, hand up, kip, kip down, lie, lie down, loll, lounge, outstretch, range, reach, reach forth, reach out, reach out for, recline, repose oneself, run, run along, skirt along, snatch at, sprawl, spread), uyumak (be asleep, be inactive, doss, go to sleep, have rest, kip, sleep, slumber, snooze), uyku (bye bye, dorm-, nap, repose, shuteye, sleep, sleeping, slumbers), olmaya devam etmek, mola vermek (have a break, have a slack, lay over, stop off, stop over, take a breather), misafirhane (guesthouse, kip, rest house, resting place, youth hostel), ebedi istirahatte olmak (repose), koymak (closure, dot smb. one, lay, lay down, lay on, Park, place, plant, position, put, put down, set, set down, stick, sting), es, kalıntı (carcase, carcass, end, hangover, relic, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, ruins, rump, spoils, waif), istirahat etmek (lie up, repose oneself, take a rest), ihtiyat akçesi (margin, reserve fund), hareketsizlik (immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiet, quietness, quietude, stagnancy, stagnation, still, stillness), gerisi, geri (aback, back, backward, backwards, behind, hind, posterior, re-, rear, rearward, retro-, reverse, reversing, slow), yatmak (bang, be couched, couch, go to bed, go to sleep, have a screw, hit the hay, hit the sack, incline, kip, kip down, lay, lay oneself down, lie, lie down, lie up, recline, repose, repose oneself, sleep with, turn in), mezar (bed, burial place, grave, sepulcher, sepulchre, tomb, vault). (various references) | |
Turkmen | rahatlyk (repose), ynjalyk (peace, repose), tapa (repose), dynз (relaxation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спокій (balance, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, serene, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), спиратися (center, centre, lean), решта (remainder), грунтуватися (repose), відпочивати (lie by, lounge, repose, take a rest), відпочинок (bait, blow, comfort, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, repose, resource, sabbath, vacation), нерухомість (fixity, immobility, immovability, quiescence, quiescency, realty, requiescence, stiffness), покоїтися (repose), перерва (adjournment, blow, break, caesura, cessation, discontinuity, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interstice, letup, pause, pretermission, recreation, vacation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự yên lòng, sự thanh thản (ease, easiness, equanimity, quiet, quietness, serenity), sự nghỉ ngơi (refreshment, repose, slack), những người khác, lúc nghỉ ngơi, giấc ngủ sự yên tâm, dấu lặng giải quyết một vấn đề, cái chống (prop, upholder), cái còn lại (remnant). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhelyw (remainder, residue), ymorffwys (repose), saib (leisure, pause), pwyso (lean, press, rely, weigh), hoe (spell), gweddill (balance, remainder, remains, remnant), gorffwysfa (resting-place), gorffwys (repose), dadluddedu, dadflino. (various references) | |
Yucatec | he'lel (repose). (various references) | |
Zulu | -phumula (repose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adclinavit, adquiescamus, adquiescas, adquiesce, adquiescens, adquiescent, adquiescentes, adquiescentibus, adquiescere, adquiesceret, adquiesces, adquiescet, adquiescit, adquiescunt, adquieverint, adquieverunt, adquievi, adquievisti, adquievit, adquievitque, cessa, cessabant, cessabis, cessabit, cessabunt, cessamus, cessantibus, cessare, cessarit, cessassent, cessasset, cessat, cessate, cessatum, cessaverat, cessaverit, cessaverunt, cessavi, cessavimus, cessavit, cessavitque, cessem, cessent, cesseris, cesses, cesset, cessetque, cesso, cetera, ceterae, ceteram, ceteraque, ceterarum, ceterarumque, ceteras, ceteri, ceteris, cetero, ceterorum, ceteros, ceterum, concessa, cuba, cubant, cubas, cubat, cubate, cubavit, cubes, cubiti, cubitis, cubito, cubitorum, cubitos, cubitu, cubitum, cubitus, cubitus, cubitus, curo, dormi, dormiam, dormiamus, dormiamusque, dormiant, dormiat, dormiatis, dormiatque, dormiebant, dormiebat, dormiebatque, dormiemus, dormiendo, dormiendum, dormiens, dormient, dormientem, dormientes, dormienti, dormientibus, dormientis, dormierant, dormierint, dormieris, dormierit, dormieritis, dormiero, dormierunt, dormies, dormiesque, dormiet, dormietis, dormio, dormire, dormirent, dormis, dormisse, dormisset, dormisti, dormit, dormitas, dormite, dormitione, dormitis, dormiunt, dormivi, dormivit, dormivitque, ecclesiastes, inquietas, inquieti, inquietos, inquietum, interstetit, jacere, otio, otium, praecessor, praestaturum, quies, quies quietis, quiescam, quiescant, quiescas, quiescat, quiescatis, quiesce, quiescebat, quiescent, quiescentem, quiescentes, quiescentia, quiescere, quiesceremus, quiesces, quiescet, quiescis, quiescit, quiescite, quieta, quietam, quiete, quietem, quieti, quietis, quieto, quietum, quietus, quieverunt, quievi, quievimus, quievissent, quievit, quievitque, refrigerii, refrigerium, requie, requiei, requiem, requies, requiescere, requietionem, requietionis, requietum, restare, sta, stabam, stabant, stabantque, stabat, stabimus, stabis, stabisque, stabit, stabitis, stabitque, stabo, stabunt, stamus, standum, stans, stansque, stant, stante, stantem, stantes, stantibus, stantis, stantium, stare, starent, stares, staret, staretis, stari, stas, stat, state, statis, statu, statum, statura, staturae, staturam, stem, stemus, stent, stes, stet, steterant, steterat, stetere, steterim, steterint, steteris, steterit, steterunt, steteruntque, steti, stetis, stetisse, stetissent, stetisset, stetisti, stetistis, stetit, stetitque, stetur, sto, subcubuerit. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | pausare. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | reste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 35, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eklipwn apeqanen kai proseteqh proV to genoV autou presbuteroV kai plhrhV hmerwn kai eqayan auton hsau kai iakwb oi uioi autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Consumptusque aetate mortuus est et adpositus populo suo senex et plenus dierum et sepelierunt eum Esau et Iacob filii sui |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And than fell he seke and dyed ad was put vnto his people: beynge olde and full of dayes. And his sonnes Esau ad Iacob buried him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 35, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ug mihalin ang espiritu ni Isaac, ug namatay siya, ug gitipon siya didto sa iyang katawohan, tigulang ug hupong sa mga adlaw, ug siya gilubong nila ni Esau ug ni Jacob. |
| Croatian | Izak izdahne i umre, starac i godinama zasiæen, te bude pridružen svojim precima. Sahrane ga njegovi sinovi, Ezav i Jakov. |
| Danish | så gik Isak bort; han døde og samledes til sin Slægt, gammel og mæt af Dage. Og hans Sønner Esau og Jakob jordede ham, |
| Dutch | En Izak gaf den geest en stierf, en werd verzameld tot zijn volken, oud en zat van dagen; en zijn zonen Ezau en Jakob begroeven hem. |
| Finnish | Ja Iisak vaipui kuolemaan ja tuli otetuksi heimonsa tykö, vanhana ja elämästä kyllänsä saaneena. Ja hänen poikansa Eesau ja Jaakob hautasivat hänet. |
| French | Il expira et mourut, et il fut recueilli auprès de son peuple, âgé et rassasié de jours, et Ésaü et Jacob, ses fils, l`enterrèrent. |
| German | und nahm ab und starb und ward versammelt zu seinem Volk, alt und des Lebens satt. Und seine Söhne Esau und Jakob begruben ihn. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka putuslah nyawa Ishak, matilah ia dan dikumpulkan dengan nenek moyangnya pada masa ia seorang tua sepuas-puas umurnya, lalu ia dikuburkan oleh anaknya, yaitu Esaf dan Yakub. |
| Maori | Na ka hemo a Ihaka, ka mate, ka kohia atu ki tona iwi, he koroheke, kua maha hoki ona ra: a na ana tama, na Ehau raua ko Hakopa ia i tanu. |
| Norwegian | Da opgav Isak ånden og døde og blev samlet til sine fedre, gammel og mett av dager; og Esau og Jakob, hans sønner, begravde ham. |
| Rumanian | Isaac wi -a dat duhul wi a murit, wi a fost adqugat la poporul squ, bqtrkn wi sqtul de zile. Fiii sqi Esau wi Iacov l-au kngropat. |
| Swedish | därefter gav Isak upp andan och dog och blev samlad till sina fäder, gammal och mätt på att leva. Och hans söner Esau och Jakob begrovo honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rest": restabilize, restabilized, restabilizes, restabilizing, restack, restacked, restacking, restacks, restaff, restaffed, restaffing, restaffs, restage, restaged, restages, restaging, restamp, restamped, restamping, restamps, restart, restartable, restarted, restarting, restarts, restate, restated, restatement, restatements, restates, restating, restaurant, restauranteur, restauranteurs, restaurants, restaurateur, restaurateurs, rested, rester, resters, restful, restfuller, restfullest, restfully, restfulness, restfulnesses, restimulate, restimulated, restimulates, restimulating, restimulation. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rest": addrest, afforest, airest, armrest, arrest, austerest, backrest, barest, bitterest, bookrest, clearest, cleverest, crest, dapperest, dearest, deforest, demurest, direst, disinterest, dourest, drest, eagerest, fairest, footrest, forest, headrest, hillcrest, imprest, interest, limberest, maturest, merest, nearest, noninterest, obscurest, poorest, postarrest, prest, properest, purest, queerest, rainforest, rarest, reafforest, rearrest, reforest, searest, securest, serest, severest, sheerest. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rest": afforestation, afforestations, afforested, afforesting, afforests, agrestal, agrestic, agroforester, agroforesters, agroforestries, agroforestry, armrests, arrestant, arrestants, arrested, arrestee, arrestees, arrester, arresters, arresting, arrestingly, arrestment, arrestments, arrestor, arrestors, arrests, backrests, bookrests, cabresta, cabrestas, cabresto, cabrestos, catachrestic, catachrestical, catachrestically, chrestomathies, chrestomathy, clerestories, clerestory, crestal, crested, crestfallen, crestfallenly, crestfallenness, crestfallennesses, cresting, crestings, crestless, crests, deforestation, deforestations. (additional references) | |
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"Rest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: erest, erst, Erste, krest, Prestt, Rasgtp, rasht, rast, rasta, razt, reat, recht, rect, rees, reest, reet, reft, regt, reht, reist, Reit, Rejt, relt, Rensch, reot, rept, Resa, resat, resct, resd, resi, resit, resk, resnt, reso, resp, resr, ress, ressg, resta, restr, resu, Retb, rets, rett, rewt, rez, reza, rezm, rhet, rict, riest, risj, rjet, roest, rosta, rosti, Royst, rrost, rs, rsd, rse, rst, rste, rusht, rusot, Rustu, ryst, urest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rest" (pronounced re"st) |
| 4 | r e" s t | abreast, addressed, breast, compressed, crest, impressed, depressed, digressed, distressed, dressed, expressed, oppressed, pressed, Prest, progressed, repressed, stressed, suppressed, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unimpressed, unrest, wrest. |
| 3 | -e" s t | arrest, acquiesced, assessed, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, Celeste, chest, coalesced, confessed, congest, detest, digest, dispossessed, divest, fessed, finessed, gest, guessed, guest, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, obsessed, pest, possessed, professed, quest, rearrest, reassessed, recessed, reinvest, repossessed, request, retest, southwest, suggest, test, vest, West, zest. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: erst, rets. | |
| Words within the letters "e-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ers, res, ret, ser, set. | |
-2 letters: er, es, et, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aster, crest, drest, ester, frets, nerts, prest, rates, reest, rents, reset, rests, rites, roset, rotes, stare, steer, stere, stern, store, strep, strew, tares, tears, terms, terns, terse, tiers, tires, tores, torse, trees, treks, tress, trets, trews, treys, tries, trues, tyers, tyres, verst, verts, wrest. | |
+2 letters: afters, airest, alerts, alters, antres, aretes, armets, arrest, artels, assert, astern, asters, averts, barest, baster, berets, berths, bestir, bister, bistre, biters, breast, brents, brutes, burets, buster, carets, cartes, caster, caters, certes, cherts, citers, corset, coster, crates, crests, cruets, cruset, curets, daters, derats, desert, deters, direst, doters, driest, dryest, duster, earths, easter, eaters, egrets, enters, erects, ergots, ersatz, eructs, erupts, escort, esprit, esters, estral, estray, estrin, estrum, estrus, ethers, everts, exerts, exsert, extras, faster, fester, fetors, forest, fortes, foster, freest, gaster, grates, greats, greets, haters, hearts, horste, inerts, insert, inters, jester, juster, kiters, laster, lister, liters, litres, luster, lustre, master, maters, matres, merest, merits, meters, metres, metros, mister, miters, mitres, muster, nester, nestor, niters, nitres, noters, oaters, orates, ostler, others, otters, ouster, outers, oxters, oyster, paster, paters, pester, peters, poster, prates, preset, presto, prests, priest, purest, ramets, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rawest, reacts, reatas, rebuts, recast, rectos, rectus, recuts, reests, refits, relets, relist, remits, renest, rentes, repast, repots, reseat, resect, resent, resets, reshot, resift, resist, resite, resort, respot, rested, rester, result, retags, retems, retest, reties, retros, retuse, revest, revets, rewets, rifest, ripest, ritzes, rivets, rosets, roster, rottes, routes, rudest, russet, rusted, rustle, salter, satire, scoter, seater, secret, sector, sentry, serest, setter, sifter, sinter, sister, sitter, skater, slater, smiter, softer, sorbet, sorest, sorted, sorter, sortie, souter, sprent, sprite, stager, staler, stared, starer, stares, starve, stater, stayer, steers, stelar, stereo, steres, steric, sterna, sterns, sterol, stiver, stoker, stoner, stoper, stored, stores, storey, stoure, stover, strafe, strake, streak, stream, streek, streel, street, streps, stress, strewn, strews, striae, stride, strife, strike, stripe, strive, strobe, strode, stroke, strove, styler, suiter, surest, surety, sutler, suture, tabers, takers, talers, tamers, tapers, targes, tarres, taster, taters, tawers, taxers, teaser, tenors, tenser, tensor, terais, terces, ternes, terras, terser, tester, tetras, theirs, theres, therms, threes, thresh, throes, thyrse, tigers, tilers, timers, titers, titres, tokers, toners, topers, tories, torose, torses, tortes, tosser, toters, towers, toyers, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, treens, trends, tressy, tribes, trices, triens, triers, trikes, trines, triose, tripes, triste, trokes, trones, tropes, troves, truces, truest, tryste, tsores, tubers, tuners, turves, tusker, tusser, tuyers, twerps, twiers, twyers, ulster, unrest, urates, uterus, utters, vaster, verist, verset, verste, versts, vertus, vestry, voters, waster, waters, wester, worset, wrests, wriest, writes, wryest, xyster, yarest, yester, zester, zoster. | |
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