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rest

Definition for rest

noun as in remainder of something

noun as in base, foundation

verb as in lie, recline

Strongest matches

lay, lean, pause, prop, settle, sit, stand, stretch out

Strong matches

loll, lounge, repose, roost

verb as in depend, hinge

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Example Sentences

There’s a built-in water bottle compartment for when you need to take a rest, plus a pocket for phone storage.

Over 60% of its revenues come from subscriptions, the rest from ads and events.

From Digiday

By 2040, it wants to achieve this goal for the rest of the world.

From Quartz

If Scheffler’s hadn’t hooked me up with empties, I’d be eating three meals of olives a day right now—and for the rest of the year—with no regrets.

Colin Rusch, analyst at investment bank Oppenheimer, said he expects more stock market volatility during the rest of the year.

From Fortune

These two videos rest atop bookmarked links to The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation.

I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.

Hopefully, she got as much of a laugh out of it as the rest of the world has.

They let us get ahead of the outfit, then the rest of the guys came in.

Egypt has a comparatively low number of HIV cases compared to the rest of Africa, with just 11,000 infected people nationwide.

Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.

He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.

We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.

If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.

Captains Spotstroke and Pool were equally careful; the rest of those present drank freely.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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