Definition of Rests. Meaning of Rests. Synonyms of Rests

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Definition of Rests

Rest
Rest Rest (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.]
Rest
Rest Rest, v. t. 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. --Dryden. 2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. --Waller.
Rest
Rest Rest, n. [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.] (With the definite article.) 1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. --Tillotson. 2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. ``Plato and the rest of the philosophers.' --Bp. Stillingfleet. Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. --DRyden. 3. (Com.) 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. [Eng.] Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.
Rest
Rest Rest, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be. The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.

Meaning of Rests from wikipedia

- REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architectural style that was created to describe the design and guide the development of the architecture...
- Look up rest or REST in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rest or REST may refer to: Sleep Bed rest Break (work) Kneeling Lying (position) Sitting Squatting...
- with (e.g. quarter note and quarter rest, or quaver and quaver rest), and each of them has a distinctive sign. Rests are intervals of silence in pieces...
- An armrest (or arm-rest) is a part of a chair, where a person can rest their arms on. Armrests are built into a large variety of chairs such as automotive...
- shorter breaks. Multirests, or multiple-measure rests, are rests which last multiple measures (or multiple rests, each of which lasts an entire measure). Tacet...
- Rest in peace (R.I.P.), a phrase from the Latin requiescat in pace (Ecclesiastical Latin: [rekwiˈeskat in ˈpatʃe]), is sometimes used in traditional Christian...
- September 2020. "The Defense Rests". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. afi.com. Retrieved 22 December 2015. "The Defense Rests (1934) Directed by Lambert Hillyer"...
- paper sleeves, some people fold the sleeves into chopstick rests. In East Asia, chopstick rests are usually used at formal dinners. They are placed on the...
- longer, while gel rests quickly return to their original shape. Gel rests provide more cooling. Some computer keyboards come with a wrist rest included. There...
- treble, b****, alto, and tenor clef. In American usage, musical note and rest values have names that indicate their length relative to a whole note. A...