We found 53 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word rest:
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 General (31 matching dictionaries)
- rest, rest: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- rest, rest, rest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- rest, rest: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- rest: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- REST, Rest, rest: Wordnik [home, info]
- rest, the rest: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- REST, rest: Wiktionary [home, info]
- rest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- rest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- rest: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Rest, rest: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- rest (1), rest (2): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Rest, rest: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- rest, rest: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- REST, Rest (music), Rest (object), Rest (physics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- rest: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
- Rest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- rest: Rhymezone [home, info]
- Rest (m), rest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: All About Homonyms [home, info]
- Rest: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
- Rest: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
- rest: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- rest: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- -rest, rest: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- rest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (3 matching dictionaries)
- rest: Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary [home, info]
- Rest: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]
- Rest: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops [home, info]
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- Rest (object), -rest, rest: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
- REST: ILC Internet Terms [home, info]
- REST: Webopedia [home, info]
- Rest (object), -rest, rest: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
- rest: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Rest: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Rest-: Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info]
- Rest: Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- rest: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- Rest (object), -rest, rest: Medical dictionary [home, info]
- Rest: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- REST: Acronym Finder [home, info]
- REST: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
- -rest, rest: Idioms [home, info]
Religion (1 matching dictionary)
- Rest: Easton Bible [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- rest: The Folk File [home, info]
Sports (1 matching dictionary)
- Rest: Sports Definitions [home, info]
Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
- Rest: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
- Rest: Sweetwater Music [home, info]
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Quick definitions (rest)
▸ noun: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
▸ noun: a support on which things can be put ("The gun was steadied on a special rest")
▸ noun: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
▸ noun: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) ("She was laid to rest beside her husband")
▸ noun: a state of inaction ("A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon")
▸ noun: a pause for relaxation ("People actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests")
▸ noun: something left after other parts have been taken away ("He threw away the rest")
▸ verb: be inactive, refrain from acting ("The committee is resting over the summer")
▸ verb: be inherent or innate in;
▸ verb: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
▸ verb: give a rest to ("He rested his bad leg")
▸ verb: not move; be in a resting position
▸ verb: put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying ("Rest your head on my shoulder")
▸ verb: be at rest
▸ verb: have a place in relation to something else ("The responsibility rests with the Allies")
▸ verb: rest on or as if on a pillow
▸ verb: stay the same; remain in a certain state ("Rest assured")
▸ verb: sit, as on a branch
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