REST

noun rests

1. uncountable Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
2. countable Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
3. uncountable Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
4. uncountable A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
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") She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
6. countable A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
7. countable A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. uncountable Absence of motion. The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
9. 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. Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
10. countable Any object designed to be used to support something else. She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
11. countable, uncountable A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance. their visors closed, their lances in the rest
12. countable, uncountable 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
13. countable, uncountable A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. countable, uncountable The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital. a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest
15. countable, dated, uncountable A set or game at tennis.

verb rests · resting · rested

1. intransitive To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. My day's work is over; now I will rest.
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. There rest, if any rest can harbour there.
4. copulative, reflexive, transitive To put into a state of rest. We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
5. intransitive To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to. The blame seems to rest with your father.
6. intransitive To rely or depend on. The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
7. intransitive To be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
8. intransitive, reflexive, transitive To lean, lie, or lay. A column rests on its pedestal.
9. US, intransitive, transitive 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.) The defense rests, your Honor.
10. intransitive To sleep; slumber.
11. intransitive To lie dormant.
12. intransitive To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. I sing to him that rests below, ⁠And, since the grasses round me wave, ⁠I take the grasses of the grave, And make them pipes whereon to blow.
13. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. to rest in Heaven's determination

Similar: relieve, lean, place, put, lie

noun

1. uncountable That which remains. She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
2. uncountable Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. Plato and the rest of the philosophers
3. UK, uncountable 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.

verb rests · resting · rested

1. To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.
2. obsolete, transitive To keep a certain way. God rest you merry, gentlemen.

verb rests · resting · rested

1. colloquial, obsolete, transitive To arrest.

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of representational state transfer.representational state transfer Coding a REST API has never felt right to me. I believe that REST APIs should be designed and configured, but not coded.

proper noun

1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Revised Extended Standard Theory.Revised Extended Standard Theory

proper noun

1. Syllabic abbreviation of reStructuredText, a plain-text markup language.