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- (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.