rest 2

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Definition of rest 2 in English English dictionary

If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you. Give it a rest, will you? We're trying to get some sleep

If authority, a responsibility, or a decision rests with you, you have that authority or responsibility, or you are the one who will make that decision. The final decision rested with the President

If your eyes rest on a particular person or object, you look directly at them, rather than somewhere else. As she spoke, her eyes rested on her husband's face. see also rested

A rest is an object that is used to support something, especially your head, arms, or feet. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest

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If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried. His dying wish was to be laid to rest at the church near his Somerset home

If you rest something somewhere, you put it there so that its weight is supported. He rested his arms on the back of the chair = lean

If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true. His speech should lay those fears to rest = allay

If you rest or if you rest your body, you do not do anything active for a time. He's tired and exhausted, and has been advised to rest for two weeks Try to rest the injured limb as much as possible

To put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest means to tell them something that stops them worrying. A brain scan last Friday finally set his mind at rest. = reassure

If something is resting somewhere, or if you are resting it there, it is in a position where its weight is supported. His head was resting on her shoulder He had been resting his head in his hands, deep in thought

If someone refuses to let a subject rest, they refuse to stop talking about it, especially after they have been talking about it for a long time. I am not prepared to let this matter rest = drop

If you say that someone can rest easy, you mean that they don't need to worry about a particular situation. How can any woman rest easy now, knowing her breast cancer may be misdiagnosed?

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If something such as a theory or someone's success rests on a particular thing, it depends on that thing. Such a view rests on a number of incorrect assumptions = depend

If you get some rest or have a rest, you do not do anything active for a time. `You're worn out, Laura,' he said. `Go home and get some rest.'

When an object that has been moving comes to rest, it finally stops. The plane had plowed a path through a patch of forest before coming to rest in a field

If you rest on or against someone or something, you lean on them so that they support the weight of your body. He rested on his pickaxe for a while. = lean

rest assured: see assured to rest on your laurels: see laurel to rest in peace: see peace