Synonym: balance, ease, lounge, pause, recess, recline, relaxation, remains, repose, residue. Antonym: motion, unrest, work. Similar words: forest, rest on, arrest, for the rest, restore, restrict, interest, interested. Meaning: [rest] 
n. 1. something left after other parts have been taken away 2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) 3. a pause for relaxation 4. a state of inaction 5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) 6. a support on which things can be put 7. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration. v. 1. not move; be in a resting position 2. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax 3. give a rest to 4. have a place in relation to something else 5. be at rest 6. stay the same; remain in a certain state 7. be inherent or innate in; 8. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying 9. sit, as on a branch 10. rest on or as if on a pillow 11. be inactive, refrain from acting.
n. 1. something left after other parts have been taken away 2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) 3. a pause for relaxation 4. a state of inaction 5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) 6. a support on which things can be put 7. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration. v. 1. not move; be in a resting position 2. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax 3. give a rest to 4. have a place in relation to something else 5. be at rest 6. stay the same; remain in a certain state 7. be inherent or innate in; 8. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying 9. sit, as on a branch 10. rest on or as if on a pillow 11. be inactive, refrain from acting. 
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181. Why don't you talk to him, and put his mind at rest.
182. It put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day.
183. If you can answer the first question, the rest of the test should be plain sailing.
184. How can any woman rest easy now, knowing her breast cancer may be misdiagnosed?
185. I gave him £1000 down, and paid the rest in instalments.
186. He communicated the disease to the rest of his family.
187. She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.
188. "You're worn out, Laura," he said. "Go home and get some rest.".
189. They are privileging a tiny number to the disadvantage of the rest.
190. We can rest easy now - we've got everything under control.
191. The painting sits well with the rest of the room, doesn't it?
192. The rest of the staff have been hired on short-term contracts.
193. The table fits in nicely with the rest of the furniture.
194. The rest of the questions have stood over till next Monday.
195. The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.
196. Will they farm the rest of their land less intensively?
197. It's a very nice sofa but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the room.
198. He was confirmed as captain for the rest of the season.
199. The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region.
200. Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
201. If you've drunk enough, I'll cork the bottle and we can have the rest later.
202. You've been fagging away at your painting all morning,it's time you take a rest.
203. The opening scene is very violent, and the rest of the film continues in similar vein.
204. He always takes the opposite viewpoint to the rest of the group.
205. I just assumed you were a mere mortal like the rest of us.
206. We must fetch the rest of the committee round to our point of view.
207. She talks so much that the rest of us never get a look - in.
208. Sometimes he feels that he would like to sleep out the rest of his days without having to work or think any more.
209. I'll just book you in and then you can have a rest.
210. I saved as much as I could,[www.Sentencedict.com] and my parents made up the rest.
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