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(verb) be at rest |
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Synonyms: repose |
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Related Words: catch some Z's, drowse, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber |
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Antonyms: be active |
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(verb) take a short breath |
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Synonyms: breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather |
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Related Words: break, intermit, pause |
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(verb) give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" |
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Related Words: blow |
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(verb) not move; be in a resting position |
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Related Words: be, kneel, lie, stand, stand up |
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(verb) put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) be inactive, refrain from acting on something |
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(verb) be inherent or innate in; |
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Synonyms: repose, reside |
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Related Words: attach to, inhere in |
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(noun) a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" |
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Related Words: armrest, chin rest, headrest, support |
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(noun) a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration |
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Related Words: musical notation, whole rest |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, sleep |
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Related Words: death |
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(noun) a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" |
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Related Words: inaction, inactiveness, inactivity |
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(noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" |
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Synonyms: ease, relaxation, repose |
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Related Words: dormancy, inactivity, leisure, lie-in, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping |
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(verb) rest on or as if on a pillow, of one's head |
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Synonyms: pillow |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: lie |
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Related Words: be, occur |
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(noun) a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" |
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Synonyms: relief, respite, rest period |
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Related Words: break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: remain, stay |
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Related Words: be, keep, sit tight, stand, stay fresh, stay together, stick together |
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(verb) sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" |
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Synonyms: perch, roost |
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Related Words: sit, sit down |
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(noun) something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" |
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Synonyms: remainder, residual, residue, residuum |
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Related Words: component, component part, leftover, part, portion, remnant |
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