Rest(n.)
- 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.
Rest(n.)
- To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
Rest(n.)
- To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
Rest(n.)
- To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
Rest(n.)
- To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
Rest(n.)
- To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
Rest(n.)
- To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
Rest(v. t.)
- To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
Rest(n.)
- That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
Rest(n.)
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
Rest(n.)
- 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.
Rest(v. i.)
- To be left; to remain; to continue to be.