Rest vs. Wrest

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.

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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.

Restnoun

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

Restnoun

(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.

Restnoun

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.

Restverb

(intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.

Restverb

(intransitive) To rely or depend on.

Restverb

To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Restverb

(obsolete) To remain.

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(obsolete) To arrest.

Restverb

To arrest.

Restverb

To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

Restverb

To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.

Restverb

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.

Restverb

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.

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Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

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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.

Restnoun

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;

Restnoun

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;

Restverb

be at rest

Restverb

stay the same; remain in a certain state;

Restverb

be inherent or innate in;

Restverb

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

Restverb

(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

Restverb

be the responsibility of or belong to a specified person

Restverb

conclude presentation of either party's case in a suit or prosecution

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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

Restnoun

a support or hook for a telephone receiver when not in use

Restnoun

a support for a cue in billiards or snooker.

Restnoun

the remaining part of something

Restnoun

the remaining people or things; the others

Restnoun

a small, detached portion of an organ or tissue.

Restnoun

a rally in real tennis.

Wrestverb

(transitive) To pull or twist violently.

Wrestverb

(transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.

Wrestverb

To seize.

Wrestverb

To distort, to pervert, to twist.

Wrestverb

To tune with a wrest, or key.

Wrestnoun

The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.

Wrestnoun

(music) A key to tune a stringed instrument.

Wrestnoun

(obsolete) Active or motive power.

Wrestnoun

; a saw set.

Wrestnoun

A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Wrestnoun

A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.

Wrestverb

To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

Wrestverb

To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Wrestverb

To tune with a wrest, or key.

Wrestnoun

The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

Wrestnoun

Active or moving power.

Wrestnoun

A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

Wrestnoun

A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Wrestverb

obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically;

Wrestverb

forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp

Wrestverb

take (something, especially power or control) after considerable effort or difficulty

Wrestverb

distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one's own interests or views

Wrestnoun

a key for tuning a harp or piano.