Definition of rests

"rests" in the noun sense

1. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest

something left after other parts have been taken away

"there was no remainder"

"he threw away the rest"

"he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

2. rest, ease, repose, relaxation

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility

"took his repose by the swimming pool"

3. respite, rest, relief, rest period

a pause for relaxation

"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

4. rest

a state of inaction

"a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"

5. rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb

"she was laid to rest beside her husband"

"they had to put their family pet to sleep"

6. rest

a support on which things can be put

"the gun was steadied on a special rest"

7. rest

a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

"rests" in the verb sense

1. rest

not move be in a resting position

2. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather

take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

3. rest

give a rest to

"He rested his bad leg"

"Rest the dogs for a moment"

4. lie, rest

have a place in relation to something else

"The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"

"The responsibility rests with the Allies"

5. rest

be at rest

6. stay, remain, rest

stay the same remain in a certain state

"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"

"rest assured"

"stay alone"

"He remained unmoved by her tears"

"The bad weather continued for another week"

7. rest, reside, repose

be inherent or innate in

8. rest

put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

"Rest your head on my shoulder"

9. perch, roost, rest

sit, as on a branch

"The birds perched high in the tree"

10. pillow, rest

rest on or as if on a pillow

"pillow your head"

11. rest

be inactive, refrain from acting

"The committee is resting over the summer"

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Quotations for rests

Like the bird be thou,
That for a moment rests
Upon the topmost bough:
He feels the branch to bend
And yet as sweetly sings,
Knowing that he has wings. [ Victor Hugo ]

Power rests in tranquillity. [ Cecil ]

The soul, uneasy and confined from home.
Rests and expatiates in a life to come. [ Pope ]

The immortal mind, superior to his fate.
Amid the outrage of external things,
Firm as the solid base of this great world.
Rests on his own foundation. Blow, ye winds!
Ye waves! ye thunders! roll your tempests on!
Shake, ye old pillars of the marble sky!
Till at its orbs and all its worlds of fire
Be loosen'd from their seats; yet still serene,
The unconquer'd mind looks down upon the wreck;
And ever stronger as the storms advance,
Firm through the closing ruin holds his way,
When nature calls him to the destined goal. [ Akenside ]

Society rests upon conscience and not upon science. [ Amiel ]

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary. [ Emerson ]

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you. [ Epictetus ]

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

All power, even the most despotic, rests ultimately on opinion. [ Hume ]

Pleasure can be supported by illusion, but happiness rests upon truth. [ Chamfort ]

The height of power in women, so far as manners are concerned, rests in tranquillity. [ Mme. de Maintenon ]

Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosoms of fools. [ Proverb ]

A democracy is a state in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens. [ John Ruskin ]

On the diffusion of education among the people rests the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions. [ Daniel Webster ]

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; (but) a creed is always sensitive. [ Froude ]

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names. [ Ausonius ]

Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed; but neither genius nor glory is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout. [ Landor ]

True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope, because it knows the mutability of human affairs and how slight a circumstance may change the whole course of events. Such a spirit, too, rests upon itself, it is not confined to partial views, or to one particular object. And if at last all should be lost, it has saved itself, its own integrity and worth. Hope awakens courage, while despondency is the last of all evils, it is the abandonment of good, the giving up of the battle of life with dead nothingness. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician. [ Von Knebel (German), Translated by Mrs. Austin ]

rests in Scrabble®

The word rests is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

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rests in Words With Friends™

The word rests is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

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Word Growth involving rests

Shorter words in rests

re rest

Longer words containing rests

armrests

arrests rearrests

backrests

bedrests

bookrests

crests firecrests

footrests

forests afforests disafforests

forests afforests reafforests

forests deforests

forests disforests

forests rainforests

forests reforests

handrests

headrests

interests disinterests

polychrests

unrests

wrests