Rest vs. Motion
Restnoun
Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
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(countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
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(uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
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A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
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A final position after death.
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A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
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A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
Restnoun
Absence of motion.
Restnoun
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.
Restnoun
(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
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A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
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A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
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(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
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The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
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(dated) A set or game at tennis.
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(uncountable) That which remains.
Restnoun
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
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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.
Restverb
(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
Restverb
(intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
Restverb
(intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
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To be or to put into a state of rest.
Restverb
(intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
Restverb
To lean, lie, or lay.
Restverb
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.)
Restverb
(intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
Restverb
(intransitive) To lie dormant.
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(intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
Restverb
(intransitive) To rely or depend on.
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To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
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(obsolete) To remain.
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(obsolete) To arrest.
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To arrest.
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To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
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To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
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To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
Restverb
To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
Restverb
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
Restverb
To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
Restverb
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
Restverb
To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
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To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
Restverb
To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
Restnoun
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
Restnoun
Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
Restnoun
Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
Restnoun
That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
Restnoun
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
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A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
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A short pause in reading verse; a cæsura.
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The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
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A set or game at tennis.
Restnoun
Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
Restnoun
That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
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Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
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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.
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something left after other parts have been taken away;
Restnoun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
Restnoun
a pause for relaxation;
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a state of inaction;
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euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
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a support on which things can be put;
Restnoun
a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
Restverb
not move; be in a resting position
Restverb
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Restverb
give a rest to;
Restverb
have a place in relation to something else;
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be at rest
Restverb
stay the same; remain in a certain state;
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be inherent or innate in;
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put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying;
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sit, as on a branch;
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rest on or as if on a pillow;
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be inactive, refrain from acting;
Restverb
cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength
Restverb
allow to be inactive in order to regain strength or health
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(of a body) lie buried
Restverb
used euphemistically by actors to indicate that they are out of work
Restverb
leave (a player) out of a team temporarily
Restverb
(of a problem or subject) be left without further investigation or discussion
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allow (land) to lie fallow
Restverb
be placed or supported so as to stay in a specified position
Restverb
place (something) so that it is supported in a specified position
Restverb
(of a look) alight or be steadily directed on
Restverb
be based on; depend on
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place hope, trust, or confidence on or in
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be the responsibility of or belong to a specified person
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conclude presentation of either party's case in a suit or prosecution
Restverb
remain or be left in a specified condition
Restnoun
an instance or period of resting
Restnoun
a motionless state
Restnoun
an interval of silence of a specified duration.
Restnoun
the sign denoting a musical rest.
Restnoun
a pause in speech or verse.
Restnoun
an object that is used to support something
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a support or hook for a telephone receiver when not in use
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a support for a cue in billiards or snooker.
Restnoun
the remaining part of something
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the remaining people or things; the others
Restnoun
a small, detached portion of an organ or tissue.
Restnoun
a rally in real tennis.
Motionnoun
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
Motionnoun
(countable) A change of position with respect to time.
Motionnoun
(physics) A change from one place to another.
Motionnoun
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
Motionnoun
(obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
Motionnoun
(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
Motionnoun
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
Motionnoun
(law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
Motionnoun
(euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
Motionnoun
(music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
Motionnoun
(obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
Motionverb
To gesture indicating a desired movement.
Motionverb
(proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
Motionverb
To make a proposal; to offer plans.
Motionnoun
The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; - opposed to rest.
Motionnoun
Power of, or capacity for, motion.
Motionnoun
Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
Motionnoun
Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
Motionnoun
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
Motionnoun
A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
Motionnoun
An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
Motionnoun
Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
Motionnoun
A puppet show or puppet.
Motionverb
To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
Motionverb
To make proposal; to offer plans.
Motionverb
To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
Motionverb
To propose; to move.
Motionnoun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Motionnoun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Motionnoun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
Motionnoun
a state of change;
Motionnoun
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;
Motionnoun
the act of changing location from one place to another;
Motionnoun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
Motionverb
show, express or direct through movement;
Motionnoun
the action or process of moving or being moved
Motionnoun
a gesture
Motionnoun
a piece of moving mechanism
Motionnoun
a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee
Motionnoun
an application for a rule or order of court
Motionnoun
an evacuation of the bowels
Motionverb
direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head
Motionverb
propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly
Motion
In physics, motion is the phenomenon in which an object changes its position over time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and time.
