Meaning

18 senses

  1. (uncountable)Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

    I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.

    The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.

    Ruhe, Erholung

    о́тдыхótdyx

    відпочи́нокvidpočýnok

    freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

  2. (countable)Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

    We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.

    Pause, Ruhe

    о́тдыхótdyx, поко́йpokój

    відпочи́нокvidpočýnok, спо́кійspókij

    a state of inaction

  3. (uncountable)Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

    It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.

    Ruhe

    поко́йpokój

    спо́кійspókij

  4. (uncountable)A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

    The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.

    The ocean was finally at rest.

  5. (euphemistic, uncountable)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")

    She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.

  6. (countable)A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

    Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.

    Pause

    па́узаpáuza

    па́узаpáuza

    a pause for relaxation

  7. (countable)A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.

    Pausenzeichen

    па́узаpáuza

    па́узаpáuza

    a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

  8. (uncountable)Absence of motion.

    The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.

    Ruhe, Stillstand

    поко́йpokój

    спо́кійspókij

  9. (countable)A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.

    Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

    Hilfsqueue

    подста́вкаpodstávka

  10. (countable)Any object designed to be used to support something else.

    She put the phone receiver back in its rest.

    He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.

    Lehne

    подста́вкаpodstávka, подпо́ркаpodpórka, упо́рupór

  11. (countable, uncountable)A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.

    c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times halfway houses and travellers' rests

Examples

2612 sentences

  1. Why don't you rest a bit?

    Чому б тобі трохи не відпочити?

    ruПочему бы тебе не отдохнуть немного?

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  2. Let's stop and take a rest.

    Зупинімося та перепочиньмо.

    ruДавай остановимся и отдохнём.

    deLasst uns anhalten und eine Pause machen.

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  3. I want to take a rest.

    Я хочу відпочити.

    ruЯ хочу отдохнуть.

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  4. Tom needs to get some rest.

    Тому потрібно трохи відпочити.

    ruТому надо немного отдохнуть.

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  5. I could do with some rest.

    Мені б не завадило трохи відпочити.

    deIch könnte eine kleine Ruhepause gebrauchen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
relief afforded by sleeping; sleep:
repose afforded by death:
pause of a specified length in a piece of music:
remainder:
Русский
By meaning 6
relief afforded by sleeping; sleep:
repose afforded by death:
pause of a specified length in a piece of music:
stick used to support the cue in snooker:
object designed to be used to support something else:
remainder:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
relief afforded by sleeping; sleep:
relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation:
symbol indicating a pause in music:
physics: absence of motion:
stick used to support the cue in snooker:
object designed to be used to support something else:
remainder:

Origin

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, f

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”)).

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Forms

plural: rests
Singularrest
Pluralrests

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
sleepB1breakA2reposeC2peaceA1quietB2silenceA2tranquilityC1supportA2remainderB1slumbertime offroostillnesscradle
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
motionB2activityA1

Word family

58 related words
DerivedunrestB2armrestat restbeauty restbedrestbenchrestbookrestbreve restchinrestchopstick restcrotchet restdemisemiquaver resteighth resteternal restfootrestfoot resthalf resthandrestheadresthemidemisemiquaver restknife restlance restmesonephric restmigratory restlessness

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the rest of
  • rest of the
  • spend the rest
  • rest of his
  • get some rest
  • for the rest
  • than the rest
  • rest of my
  • rest of your
  • some rest
  • take a rest
  • rest for a

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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