rest
- (abbreviation) . (computing) Representational State Transfer.
- Noun. (context, uncountable) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Noun. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Noun. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- Noun. (context, uncountable) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- Noun. (uncountable) A final position after death.
- Noun. (context, music) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- Noun. (context, music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- Noun. (context, physics) Absence of motion.
- Noun. (context, snooker) 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.
- Noun. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- Verb. (intransitive, transitive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
- Verb. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
- Verb. (transitive, intransitive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- Verb. (intransitive, transitive) 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.).
- Noun. (uncountable) That which remains.
- Verb. (obsolete) To remain.
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