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Main Entry:	rest [rest] Show IPA/rɛst/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	inactivity
Synonyms:	break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation
Antonyms:	action, activity, energy

Main Entry:	rest
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	base, foundation
Synonyms:	basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, holder, pedestal, pediment, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle

Main Entry:	rest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be calm; sleep
Synonyms:	be at ease, be comfortable, breathe, compose oneself, doze, dream, drowse, ease off, ease up, idle, laze, lean, let down, let up, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, put feet up, recline, refresh oneself, relax, repose, sit down, slack, slack off, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, unwind, wind down
Antonyms:	activate, be active, carry out, do, energize

Example Sentences

For the rest of us, the vague contours are provided in the morning paper.

Vanishing of jobs will plague the rest of this decade and more.

America, it concludes, risks being left a bystander as the rest of the world integrates further.

For the rest of us, the vague contours are provided in the morning paper.

Vanishing of jobs will plague the rest of this decade and more.

America, it concludes, risks being left a bystander as the rest of the world integrates further.

Highly creative people often seem weirder than the rest of us.

All those leafy creatures are photosynthesizing their virtual hearts out producing the oxygen that keeps the rest of us going.

Here, seasonal flowers rule?not the foliage that defines the rest of her garden.

The rest of it is clearly designed to make an otherwise pedestrian piece of jewelry attractive to a certain kind of man.

Just walk down the street or ride the bus: the rest of the world is waiting to have its stories told.

Other employers are paying less into their funds and taking a gamble that the equity market will deliver the rest.

No question that keeping cities functioning will be one of the great challenges of the rest of this century.

Cut off and set aside half the roast to wrap and chill for the second meal, and serve the rest.

The world of children's digital books is quickly becoming as densely populated as the rest of the app world, if not more so.

But he is retiring, and wants to make sure the rest of the college community agrees.

Yes, the poor are more likely to run their own business than the rest of us.

Growing underground, tubers are not limited by the rest of the plant.

The neautral color allows it to blend in naturally with the rest of the backyard.

Current and former university presidents will comprise much of the rest of the panel.

It seems an obvious line of investigation that would put the anatomical arguments to rest.

It also reminds me gardens can still be affordable if you forgo the outdoor kitchens and all the rest of the bells and whistles.

The result is a community that is unique yet increasingly connected with the rest of the globe.

And where a wave of new energy-new restaurants and a place to rest your head-casts a glow on this charming peninsula community.

Like the rest of the sunflower family, this bright yellow perennial blooms all summer on little water.

Blooms are produced mainly from spring to fall, sporadically rest of year.

Crushed rock, chosen to harmonize with a backdrop of granite boulders, fills the rest of the grid and extends beyond it.

During rest of growing season, medium green, rounded leaves with pointed tips blends well with other background shrubs.

These tiles rest on the same kind of framework a wooden deck does.

It's a minimalist autumn dinner that leaves me free to spend the rest of the evening out of the kitchen.

In mild-winter climates, they continue to bloom intermittently through the rest of year.

Blooms are produced mainly from spring to fall, sporadically rest of year add to my plant list.

Place a towel on the floor in front of your chair to rest the bowl on and to dry your feet with when you're finished.

What a wonderful reminder to stop and rest and enjoy.

Using desert plants in the rest of the landscape helps compensate for the lawn's high water usage.

And the breakfast bay acts as a daylight-catcher that brightens the rest of the kitchen.

We spread the leaves out on a baking sheet for the rest of the day to let them wilt.

In the desert, plants may rest in summer, then resume flowering in fall.

The banks must insure the rest of their mortgage book with the corporation.

In ice streams, inland ice speeds into the ocean more than ten times faster than the rest of the ice sheet.

The rest of the course is no piece of cake, mind you.

And she could get similar aid for the rest of her time there.

Trade frictions with the rest of the world are hotting.

Early whales plied the shallows but still hauled themselves onto shore, probably to rest and to give birth.

Have they finally come out with a robot for the rest of.

Don't forget to rest your feet and enjoy a cool beverage in the working, colonial tavern.

If that seems elementary, it was a wake-up call to the rest of the conference.

Most of the rest were taken by graduates of foreign and osteopathic medical schools.

It was here, at the end of his daring and bloodstained career, that he was laid to rest in a noble mausoleum.

Paper airplane contest awards the flimsy fliers that are a cut above the rest.

Many of the rest are alumni who knew a good thing when they saw it and found reason to stay.

Bright red brushes appear from late spring into summer, scattered bloom rest of year.

If the rest of this sci-fi arsenal follows, war may soon be unrecognizable.

But that doesn't mean the rest of us have to sit idly by and.

But the values that made it great, consumerism included, have been sold on to the rest of the world.

Meditation puts the body and mind system in a state of deep rest resulting in a calm and centered mind and healthy body.

Eeyore came to our graduate program in the earth sciences with a bit more experience than the rest of us.

For the rest of the sample the link between inequality and homicide does not hold.

All early farmers had to do was tolerate cats being around and the cats did the rest.

Once again oil has become the center for a booming economy, while the rest of the country struggles.

It's too much fun not to share with the rest of our zones.

It turned out that only one was his-the rest belonged to his sleeping roommates.

In that case, the hair follicle stays in its rest stage indefinitely.

Extreme temperatures prohibit fieldwork the rest of the year.

Bulbs sometimes rest for a year after planting or after blooming, so put in enough for yearly display.

If you resign, you should receive a lump sum rather than continue to be paid on a bi-weekly basis for the rest of the summer.

And so, at some point along the wobbly leg's arc, it has to hit a spot on which it can rest.

She is as annoyed and upset as the rest of us but probably is protecting her career as someone mentioned.

These air packets force the blood in the implanted artificial heart's ventricles to be pumped to the rest of the body.

Some of the water will fill up this hole and the rest will spread out over the globe.

And then you'll probably be humming it the rest of the day.

Blooms profusely in early summer, sporadically through rest of growing season.

And the stories she shared in a diary showed she routinely put herself in situations the rest of us would do anything to avoid.

Chances are that any weeds infesting the rest of your garden will also attempt to establish themselves in the lawn.

She'll spend the rest of the morning gathering greenery to make her specialty:.

Vivid green and turquoise subway tiles echo the color scheme of the rest of this beach house.

You're looking for a place to stop and rest when you come across a cool, spring-fed pool.

In this home office, a wall of red delineates the work area from the rest of the space.

In pleaching, side branches of adjoining trees are intertwined in one flat plane and all the rest of the branches are removed.

The colorful stove set the palette for the rest of the room.

If the top layer is damp and the rest is dry, you need to water longer to ensure deeper penetration.

Furthermore, the room felt cut off from the rest of the.

The muffins, and the rest of our simple menu, are designed to tickle the kids and be easy for the supervising adult.

During the day they rest at the bottom of the ocean.

Main Entry:	rest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lie, recline
Synonyms:	be quiet, be supported, lay, lean, lie still, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, stand still, stretch out
Antonyms:	move, stand, walk

Main Entry:	rest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	depend, hinge
Synonyms:	base, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld, bottom, count, establish, found, ground, hang, lie, predicate, rely, reside, stay, turn

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Main Entry:	rest
Part of Speech:	noun, verb
Related Adjectives:	at a loose ends, at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at one's ease, at rest, becalmed, calm, cataleptic, cubatory, deliberate, fixed, hypnagogic, immovable, leisurely, lodged, mawmsey, motionless, moveless, picktooth, quiescent, quiet, recumbent, reposing, restful, semisomnous, silent, sleeping, slow, somnifugous, stagnant, standing still, stationary, still, still as a mouse, still as a post, still as a statue, still as death, stock still, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, unstrained, untraveled

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Main Entry:	abide
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop temporarily and wait for
Synonyms:	anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait
Antonyms:	carry on, continue, go, move

Main Entry:	balance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	money remaining in account
Synonyms:	difference, dividend, excess, profit, remainder, residue, rest, surplus

Main Entry:	base
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	foundation
Synonyms:	basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning
Antonyms:	top

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