Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
rest (noun)1.
- repose sleep , specifically a bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities
2.
a) freedom from activity or labor
b) a state of motionlessness or inactivity
c) the repose of death
3.
a place for or lodging - resting
4.
peace of mind or spirit
5.
a) (1) a rhythmic silence in music
(2) a character representing such a silence
b) a brief pause in reading
6.
something used for support
intransitive verb
1.
a) to get rest by lying down , especially - sleep
b) to lie dead
2.
to cease from action or motion refrain from labor or exertion
3.
to be free from anxiety or disturbance
4.
to sit or lie fixed or supported - a column rests on its pedestal
5.
a) to remain confident - trust cannot rest on that assumption
b) to be based or founded - the verdict rested on several sound precedents
6.
to remain for action or accomplishment - the answer rests with you
7.
of farmland to remain idle or uncropped
8.
transitive verb
to bring to an end voluntarily the introduction of evidence in a law case
1.
to give rest to
2.
to set at rest
3.
to place on or against a support
4.
to cause to be firmly fixed - rested all hope in his child
5.
to desist voluntarily from presenting evidence pertinent to (a case at law)
a projection or attachment on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor for supporting the butt of a lance
something that remains over - remainder ate the rest of the candy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
rest (noun)1.
freedom from activity or labor
SYNONIMS:
decompression, ease, leisure, relaxation, reposeRELATED WORDS:
catnapping, dozing, lazing, napping, resting, sleep, slumber, slumbering, snoozing; quiet, silence, stillness; calm, peace, peacefulness, placidity, respite, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity ( tranquility), tranquilness; dolce far niente, idlenessNEAR ANTONYMS:
pressure, strain, stress, tenseness, tension2.
a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself
SYNONIMS:
bed, catnapping, dozing, napping, repose, rest, resting, shut-eye, slumber, slumbering, snoozing, z's ( zs)RELATED WORDS:
catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, siesta, snooze, wink; oversleeping; dreaming, rapid eye movementNEAR ANTONYMS:
insomnia, sleeplessnessa remaining group or portion
SYNONIMS:
balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, restRELATED WORDS:
fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusNEAR ANTONYMS:
body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight1.
to refrain from labor or exertion
SYNONIMS:
bask, kick back, loll, lounge, relax, reposeRELATED WORDS:
bum, goldbrick, hang, hang about [], hang around, idle, loaf, slack (off), veg outNEAR ANTONYMS:
drudge, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work; exercise, work out2.
to be in a state of sleep
SYNONIMS:
catnap, doze, nap, rest, slumber, snoozeRELATED WORDS:
drop off, drowse (off), nod off; oversleep, sleep in; dream, hibernateNEAR ANTONYMS:
arise, arouse, awake, rise, wake3.
to find a basis
SYNONIMS:
ground, hang, predicate, restRELATED WORDS:
establish, found; assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose