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rest

English

  1. 🔊 freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
    “took his repose by the swimming pool”
  2. 🔊 a support on which things can be put
    “the gun was steadied on a special rest”
  3. 🔊 a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
  4. 🔊 euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    “she was laid to rest beside her husband”
  5. 🔊 a state of inaction
    “a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon”
  6. 🔊 a pause for relaxation
    “people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests”
  7. 🔊 something left after other parts have been taken away
    “there was no remainder”
  8. 🔊 be at rest
  9. 🔊 take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
  10. 🔊 give a rest to
    “He rested his bad leg”
  11. 🔊 not move
  12. 🔊 put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
    “Rest your head on my shoulder”
  13. 🔊 be inactive, refrain from acting
    “The committee is resting over the summer”
  14. 🔊 be inherent or innate in
  15. 🔊 rest on or as if on a pillow
    “pillow your head”
  16. 🔊 have a place in relation to something else
    “The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West”
  17. 🔊 stay the same
    “The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”
  18. 🔊 sit, as on a branch
    “The birds perched high in the tree”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 receso rest
  2. 🔊 reposo rest
  3. 🔊 silencio rest
  4. 🔊 descanso rest, break
  5. 🔊 tregua rest, break
  6. 🔊 resquicio rest, remainder
  7. 🔊 resto rest, remainder
  8. 🔊 descansar to rest, relax (be in a state of rest or inactivity)
  9. 🔊 asueto rest, time off (period of time where one is not required to work)

Similar words

ease repose relaxation remainder balance residual residue residuum eternal rest sleep eternal sleep quietus respite relief rest period stay remain breathe catch one's breath take a breather pillow perch roost reside