rest

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕst, IPA^(key): /ɹɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Homophone: wrest

Etymology 1

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

Noun

rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)

1. (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

   Synonyms: sleep, slumber

2. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

   Synonyms: break, repose, time off

3. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

   Synonyms: peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility
4. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

5. (euphemistic, uncountable) 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")

   Synonym: peace

7. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

   Hyponyms: breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest

8. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
10. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.

    Antonym: motion

11. (snooker, countable) 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.

    Hypernym: bridge

12. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.

    Synonyms: (of a telephone) cradle, support

    Hyponyms: arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest

13. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
14. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
    • c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times

      halfway houses and travellers' rests
15. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
16. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
17. (dated) A set or game at tennis.

Antonyms

• activity

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English resten, from Old English restan, from Proto-West Germanic *rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).

Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

1. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
5. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.

6. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
7. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.

8. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)

9. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
10. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
11. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Synonyms

• (lie down and take repose, especially by sleeping): relax
• (give rest to): relieve
• (stop working): have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out
• (be situated): be, lie, remain, reside, stay
• (transitive: lean, lay): lay, lean, place, put
• (intransitive: lie, lean): lean, lie

Troponyms

• (lie down and take repose): nap, sleep

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin restō (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + stō (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕst, IPA^(key): /ɹɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

rest (uncountable)

2. (uncountable) That which remains.

   Synonyms: lave, remainder

3. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
4. (UK, finance) 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.

Synonyms

• (that which remains): See also Thesaurus:remainder

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.

Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

1. (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.

   ("Be glad, be joyful"; later: "Good luck to you.")

2. (transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.

   ("May God grant you happiness and peace, gentlemen"; literally: "May God keep you happy and in peace, gentlemen.")

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 5

Aphetic form of arrest.

Verb

rest (third-person singular simple present rests, present participle resting, simple past and past participle rested)

1. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.

Anagrams

• -ster, ERTs, rets, erst, tres, RETs, TERs, SERT, estr-, -estr-

Czech

Etymology

Derived from German Rest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛst]
• Hyphenation: rest

Noun

rest m inan

1. (mostly in plural) backlog, unfinished business
2. arrear(s)

Declension

Further reading

• “rest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• setr

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French reste, probably via German Rest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁasd̥], [ˈʁɑsd̥]
• Homophone: rast

Noun

rest c (singular definite resten, plural indefinite rester)

1. remnant, remainder, rest
2. (in the plural) scraps of food
3. (mathematics) residue, remainder

Derived terms

• forresten
• madrest
• restgæld
• restlager
• restklasse

References

• “rest” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reste, from Middle French reste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛst/
• Hyphenation: rest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

rest f (plural resten, diminutive restje n)

1. rest (that which remains)

   Synonyms: overblijfsel, overschot

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: res
• Negerhollands: rest

Anagrams

• erts, ster

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Northern Italian dialect, compare Emilian rest, Piedmontese rest, Romagnol rést, Italian resto (“rest”), from restare, from Latin restō (“I stay behind, remain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛʃt]
• Hyphenation: rest
• Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Adjective

rest (comparative restebb, superlative legrestebb)

1. lazy

   Synonyms: henye, lusta, renyhe, tunya

Declension

Derived terms

• restell
• restség

(Expressions):

• a rest kétszer fárad

Further reading

• rest in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ladin

Noun

rest m (plural resc)

1. rest, residue

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French reste.

Noun

rest m (definite singular resten, indefinite plural rester, definite plural restene)

1. remainder, rest

   resten av ― the rest of

   rester ― remains, remnants

Derived terms

• forresten
• matrest

References

• “rest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French reste.

Noun

rest m (definite singular resten, indefinite plural restar, definite plural restane)

1. remainder, rest

   resten av ― the rest of

   restar ― remains, remnants

Derived terms

• forresten
• matrest

References

• “rest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rest/

Noun

rest f

1. Alternative form of ræst

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French reste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rest/

Noun

rest n (plural resturi)

1. rest (remainder)

Declension

See also

• rămas, rămășiță

Noun

rest n (uncountable)

1. change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

Usage notes

• The use of the meaning for change is restrictive to money, usually in small sums, taken after making a transaction. To describe such change when it is in one's pocket or lying around, the term mărunțiș is preferred.

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French reste, from Latin restāre (“remain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rest c

1. (in the plural) remainder, rest (what remains)

2. (mathematics) remainder

   11 dividerat med 2 är 5, med 1 i rest ― 11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1

3. (chiefly in the plural) leftover

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

rest

1. past participle of resa

Verb

rest

1. supine of resa

Anagrams

• ters

Further reading

• rest in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• rest in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)