rest

  1. (abbreviation) .  (computing) Representational State Transfer.
  2. Noun.  (context, uncountable) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  3. Noun.  (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  5. Noun.  (context, uncountable) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
  6. Noun.  (uncountable) A final position after death.
  7. Noun.  (context, music) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  8. Noun.  (context, music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  9. Noun.  (context, physics) Absence of motion.
  10. 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.
  11. Noun.  (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive, transitive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
  14. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To lean, lie, or lay.
  15. 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.).
  16. Noun.  (uncountable) That which remains.
  17. Verb.  (obsolete) To remain.

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