to rest
- verb
- /rɛst/
- Just relax and rest, okay?
- rest your eyes
- rest your feet
- rest assured
So then you'll have to probably rest like like this.
- So then you'll have to probably rest like like this.
- And God saying, dude, you should be resting, resting, resting, resting.
- And I simply will not rest until one of two things happen.
- This is it's time to rest and restore and grow, right?
- And, you know, he should rest for the rest of the day.
- It's, it's forcing you to rest for our however many hours.
- That guy is not going to rest until he accomplishes his mission.
- So I believe God gave me time to rest and he took me out of Commission.
- So tomorrow I'm going to rest and then I'm going to start.
- But then I learned you can't rest yourself away from your own mind.
Examples
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You've come to the right place to rest your bones.
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OK, you are weary and it is time to rest deeply and be renewed.
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OK, So you can rest up, go over there.
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You need to rest, you need to rest.
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After a while, the man stopped to rest and drink a cup of coffee.
Fiction book (1990) -
I just want you to rest.
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I'm going to sit here and rest until I start my homework.
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All right, y'all can rest and I am going to study.
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I don't know, honey, you should probably rest tonight.
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After running for an hour, I need to rest for a while to regain my energy.
Synonyms
To feel less nervous and more calm
To stop doing something for a short time to rest or relax before continuing
Become relaxed and less tense after work or a stressful time
Pause to breathe normally after hard exercise or a shock
To stop work for a short time to rest or deal with personal matters
To take a short break to rest
Stop what you are doing to rest or do something different for a short time
Lie down with your body straight to rest or relax
To stop and rest for a short time
To sit down and rest after standing or working
Relax and become less tense after work or stress
To make someone lean back into a comfortable position
Rest or take a break to get your energy back
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To stop doing or talking about something because it annoys other people
To lean your head or body against another person's shoulder for comfort
Compounds
- Specialized
A small support on a violin or viola that you put your chin on for comfort and stability while playing
- Specialized
The amount of matter in an object measured when it is not moving, not how heavy it feels
- Archaic
A period of bed rest to help someone recover from stress or nervous problems
- Specialized
Energy equal to a particle's mass when it is not moving, calculated as mass times the speed of light squared
How Restful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rest as a verb comes from the same old English ræst meaning 'stop' or 'sleep'. To rest is to stop moving or working so your body or mind can recover.