What is the meaning of Rest?

Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

A final position after death.

A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.

Absence of motion.

A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.

Any object designed to be used to support something else.

A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.

A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.

A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.

The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.

A set or game at tennis.

To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.

To come to a pause or an end; end.

To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.

To be or to put into a state of rest.

To stay, remain, be situated.

To lean, lie, or lay.

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.)

To sleep; slumber.

To lie dormant.

To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.

To rely or depend on.

To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

That which remains.

Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.

A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.

To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.

To keep a certain way.

To arrest.

backlog, unfinished business