• | 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. |