resting

/หˆษนษ›stษชล‹/

IPA: /R EH1 S T IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To come to a pause or an end; end.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To be or to put into a state of rest.

    โ€œI shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.โ€

  5. 5

    To stay, remain, be situated.

    โ€œThe blame seems to rest with your father.โ€

  6. 6

    To lean, lie, or lay.

    โ€œA column rests on its pedestal.โ€

  7. 7

    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.)

    โ€œI rest my case.โ€

  8. 8

    To sleep; slumber.

  9. 9

    To lie dormant.

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

    To rely or depend on.

    โ€œThe decision rests on getting a bank loan.โ€

  12. 12

    To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

verb
  1. 1

    To remain.

verb
  1. 1

    To arrest.

noun
  1. 1
  2. 2

    A place where one can rest; a resting-place.

  3. 3

    A pause; a break; an interlude.

adjective
  1. 1

    That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.

  2. 2

    Unemployed; out of work.

  3. 3

    Remaining; stationary.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rest, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/resting