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Antonyms for rest

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : rest
Phonetic Transcription : rɛst

Definition of rest

Origin :
  • "sleep," Old English ræste, reste "rest, bed, intermission of labor, mental peace," common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon resta "resting place, burial-place," Dutch rust, Old High German rasta, German Rast "rest, peace, repose"), of uncertain origin.
  • Original sense seems to be a measure of distance (cf. Old High German rasta, which in addition to "rest" meant "league of miles," Old Norse rost "league, distance after which one rests," Gothic rasta "mile, stage of a journey"), perhaps a word from the nomadic period. Unless the original sense is "repose," thence extended secondarily to "distance between two resting place."
  • The meaning "support, thing upon which something rests" is attested from 1580s. At rest "dead" is from mid-14c., on the notion of "last rest." Rest stop is from 1973. Colloquial expression to give (something) a rest "to stop talking about it" is first recorded 1927, American English.
  • noun inactivity
  • noun remainder of something
  • noun base, foundation
  • verb be calm; sleep
  • verb lie, recline
  • verb depend, hinge
Example sentences :
  • I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I need cheerfulness and rest for a long time after this day in town.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The rest of the estate went to the testator's widow for life, and then to charity.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Let it go and tuck in your handkerchief like the rest of us.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Unless you do as I bid you, I will keep you in irons for the rest of the voyage!
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • We are now safe again, and I must give the horses a few days' rest.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • At last this lively maiden got Philip away from the rest, and began to cross-question him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • My horse was completely knocked up, and I was glad to be able to give him a rest.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • We are now in perfect safety, and I will give the horses two days' rest.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Synonyms for rest

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