Noun

Singular rest

Plural countable and uncountable; plural rests

rest (countable and uncountable; plural rests)

1. (uncountable) The relief from work or activity afforded by sleeping; sleep.

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

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

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

3. Peace, freedom from trouble, tranquillity.

   Outside my window, the ocean was at rest.

4. The repose afforded by death.

   She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.

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

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

6. (music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a score.
7. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.

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

8. (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of the 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.

9. (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.

Synonyms

• (sleep): sleep, slumber
• (relief from exertion): break, repose, time off
• (freedom from trouble): peace, quiet, silence, stillness, tranquility
• (repose afforded by death): peace
• (object designed to be used to support something else): cradle (of a telephone), support

Antonyms

• (physics: absence of motion): motion
• activity

Hypernyms

• (snooker: stick used to support the tip of the cue when the cue ball is out of reach): bridge

Hyponyms

• (object designed to be used to support something else): arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest
• (pause of specified length in a piece of music): breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest

Derived terms

• arm rest
• at rest
• bed rest
• breve rest
• chin rest
• crotchet rest
• day of rest
• demisemiquaver rest
• elbow rest
• foot rest
• gun rest
• head rest
• hemidemisemiquaver rest
• incisal rest
• lay to rest
• leg rest
• minim rest
• neck rest
• parade rest
• put to rest

• quarter rest
• quaver rest
• rest area
• rest day
• rest energy
• rest home
• rest mass
• rest period
• rest position
• rest stop
• restful
• restless
• restroom
• semibreve rest
• semiquaver rest
• tool rest/tool-rest
• whole rest
• wolffian rest
• wrist rest

Rest may refer to:

• Rest, in English may mean: leisure, human relaxation, or sleep; see the Wiktionary article for other definitions
• Rest (music), a pause in a piece of music
• Rest (physics), the relation between two observers
• Rest (album), a 2008 album by Gregor Samsa
• Rest (cue sports), a device supporting a cue stick on long shots in snooker, billiards and pool games
• Bank reserves, holdings in accounts at the Bank of England, plus cash in bank vaults

REST may refer to:

• RE1-silencing transcription factor, a human gene
• Representational State Transfer, software architecture
• Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique, a sensory deprivation technique
• ReStructuredText, a lightweight markup language
• Retail Employees Superannuation Trust, Australia's largest pension fund by membership