name · noun · verb · 55 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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rĕst
/ɹɛst/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛst
homophone: wrest
General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɛst/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ɹest/
Scotland, Wales:/ɾɛst/
Northern-Ireland:/ɻɛst/
CMU ARPABET:R EH1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Acronym of Revised Extended Standard Theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Syllabic abbreviation of reStructuredText, a plain-text markup language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
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")
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, uncountable
Examples
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peace
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Absence of motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
noun
Meaning 17
A set or game at tennis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
18
noun
Meaning 18
That which remains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lave, remainder
Antonyms: none provided
19
noun
Meaning 19
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
noun
Meaning 20
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
noun
Meaning 21
Acronym of representational state transfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
22
verb
Meaning 22
To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
My day's work is over; now I will rest.
I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
23
verb
Meaning 23
To come to a pause or an end; end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
verb
Meaning 24
To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
25
verb
Meaning 25
To put into a state of rest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: copulative, reflexive, transitive
Examples
We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
26
verb
Meaning 26
To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The blame seems to rest with your father.
Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
27
verb
Meaning 27
To rely or depend on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
28
verb
Meaning 28
To be based on; to rely on something for proof or explanation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repose
Antonyms: none provided
29
verb
Meaning 29
To lean, lie, or lay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, reflexive, transitive
Examples
A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands.
She rested against my shoulder.
I rested against the wall for a minute.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
30
verb
Meaning 30
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.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, intransitive, transitive
Topics: law
Examples
The defense rests, your Honor.
I rest my case.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
31
verb
Meaning 31
To sleep; slumber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
32
verb
Meaning 32
To lie dormant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
33
verb
Meaning 33
To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
34
verb
Meaning 34
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
35
verb
Meaning 35
To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: no object
Examples
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.
Rest you merry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
36
verb
Meaning 36
To keep a certain way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Examples
God rest you merry, gentlemen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
37
verb
Meaning 37
To arrest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
38
noun
Meaning 38
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reside, repose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhere in, attach to
55
verb
Meaning 55
have a place in relation to something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
The responsibility rests with the Allies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rastō Proto-West Germanic *rastu Old English ræst Middle English reste English rest From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, of uncertain origin; possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h1reh1- (“to rest”) or *Hre(h1)s- (“to flow, rush”). 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.
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”)).
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”).
From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.
Aphetic form of arrest.
Across languages
Translations
691 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
rus
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Albanian:
pushim
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Southern Altai:
јал
(ǰal)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Southern Altai:
тыныш
(tïnïš)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Arabic:
رَاحَة
(rāḥa)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Arabic:
اِسْتِرَاحَة
(istirāḥa)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Arabic:
راحة
(rāḥa)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Armenian:
հանգիստ
(hangist)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Armenian:
քուն
(kʻun)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Assamese:
জিৰণি
(zironi)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Assamese:
আৰাম
(aram)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Azerbaijani:
istirahət
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Bashkir:
ял
(yal)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Belarusian:
адпачы́нак
(adpačýnak)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Bengali:
আরাম
(aram)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Bulgarian:
почи́вка
(počívka)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Bulgarian:
о́тдих
(ótdih)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Bulgarian:
отмо́ра
(otmóra)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Catalan:
repòs
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Cebuano:
pahulay
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Chinese Cantonese:
休息
(jau1 sik1)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Chinese Mandarin:
休息
(xiūxí)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Czech:
odpočinek
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Danish:
hvile
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Dutch:
nachtrust
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Dutch:
rust
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Esperanto:
ripozo
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Estonian:
puhkus
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Faroese:
hvíld
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Finnish:
lepo
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Finnish:
uni
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
French:
repos
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Galician:
descanso
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Galician:
repouso
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Georgian:
დასვენება
(dasveneba)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
German:
Ruhe
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
German:
Erholung
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Greek:
ανάπαυση
(anápafsi)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Ancient Greek:
ἀνάπαυσις
(anápausis)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Gujarati:
આરામ
(ārām)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Gujarati:
વિસામો
(visāmo)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Haitian Creole:
repo
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Hebrew:
מְנוּחָה
(m'nukhá)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Hindi:
आराम
(ārām)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Hindi:
उपशमन
(upaśman)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Hindi:
विश्रांति
(viśrānti)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Hungarian:
pihenés
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Icelandic:
hvíld
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Indonesian:
istirahat
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Ingrian:
uni
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Irish:
scíth
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Italian:
riposo
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Japanese:
休み
(yasumi)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Javanese:
aso
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Kaitag:
атти́х
(attíꭓ)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Kazakh:
демалу
(demalu)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Khmer:
ក្រសាន
(krɑsaan)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Korean:
휴식
(hyusik)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Kyrgyz:
дем алыш
(dem alış)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Kyrgyz:
эс алыш
(es alış)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Kyrgyz:
дем алуу
(dem aluu)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Lao:
ພັກຜ່ອນ
(phak phǭn)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Latgalian:
atpyuta
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Latgalian:
pyusšonuos
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Latgalian:
romonys
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Latvian:
atpūta
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Lithuanian:
poilsis
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Low German:
Roh
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Luxembourgish:
Rascht
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Macedonian:
о́дмор
(ódmor)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Malay:
rehat
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Malayalam:
വിശ്രമം
(viśramaṁ)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Māori:
okiokinga
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Marathi:
विश्रांती
(viśrāntī)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Marathi:
आराम
(ārām)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Mongolian:
амралт
(amralt)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Norwegian Bokmål:
hvile
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Occitan:
repaus
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Old English:
ræst
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Persian:
استراحت
(esterâhat)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Polish:
odpoczynek
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Portuguese:
repouso
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Portuguese:
descanso
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Romanian:
odihnă
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Romanian:
repaus
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Romansh:
ruaus
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Russian:
о́тдых
(ótdyx)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Northern Sami:
vuoiŋŋasteapmi
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Scottish Gaelic:
anail
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Scottish Gaelic:
fois
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Scottish Gaelic:
tàmh
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Serbo-Croatian:
о̀дмор
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Serbo-Croatian:
òdmor
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Slovak:
odpočinok
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Slovene:
počitek
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Spanish:
reposo
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Swedish:
vila
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Tagalog:
pahinga
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Tajik:
истироҳат
(istirohat)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Tamil:
ஓய்வு
(ōyvu)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
Telugu:
ఉపశమనము
(upaśamanamu)
— relief afforded by sleeping; sleep
