rested

  • (verb): To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
  • (verb): To come to a pause or an end; end.
  • (verb): To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  • (verb): To be or to put into a state of rest.
  • (verb): To stay, remain, be situated.
  • (verb): To lean, lie, or lay.
  • (verb): 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.)
  • (verb): To sleep; slumber.
  • (verb): To lie dormant.
  • (verb): To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  • (verb): To rely or depend on.
  • (verb): To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
  • (verb): To remain.
  • (verb): To arrest.
  • (adjective): (usually with "well") recovered
  • I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
  • The blame seems to rest with your father.
  • A column rests on its pedestal.
  • I rest my case.
  • The decision rests on getting a bank loan.