rest¹ (rĕst)

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

noun 

1. Cessation of work, exertion, or activity.
2. Peace, ease, or refreshment resulting from sleep or the cessation of an activity.
3. Sleep or quiet relaxation.
4. The repose of death: eternal rest.
5. Relief or freedom from disquiet or disturbance.
6. Mental or emotional tranquillity.
7. Termination or absence of motion.
8. Music
   1. An interval of silence corresponding to one of the possible time values within a measure.
   2. The mark or symbol indicating such a pause and its length.
9. A short pause in a line of poetry; a caesura.
10. A device used as a support: a back rest.
11. Games See bridge¹

verb: rest·ed, rest·ing, rests. 

intransitive verb 

1. To cease motion, work, or activity.
2. To lie down, especially to sleep.
3. To be at peace or ease; be tranquil.
4. To be, become, or remain temporarily still, quiet, or inactive: Let the issue rest here.
5. To be supported or based; lie, lean, or sit: The ladder rests firmly against the tree.
6. To be imposed or vested, as a responsibility or burden: The final decision rests with the chairperson.
7. To depend or rely: That argument rests on a false assumption.
8. To be located or be in a specified place: The original manuscript rests in the museum.
9. To be fixed or directed on something: “His brown eyes rested on her for a moment” (John le Carré)
10. To remain; linger.
11. Law To cease voluntarily the presentation of evidence in a case: The defense rests.

transitive verb 

1. To give rest or repose to: rested my eyes.
2. To place, lay, or lean for ease, support, or repose.
3. To base or ground: I rested my conclusion on that fact.
4. To fix or direct (the gaze, for example).
5. To bring to rest; halt.
6. Law To cease voluntarily the introduction of evidence in (a case).

idioms

at rest

Asleep. Dead. Motionless; inactive. Free from anxiety or distress.

lay to rest

To bury (a dead body); inter. To settle (an issue, for example), especially so as to be free of it: The judge's ruling put to rest the dispute between the neighbors.

derivatives

rest́er

noun

rest² (rĕst)

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[Middle English, from Old French reste, from rester, to remain, from Latin restāre, to stay behind, re-, re-, + stāre, to stand.]

noun 

1. The part that is left over after something has been removed; remainder.
2. That or those remaining: The beginning was boring, but the rest was interesting. The rest are arriving later.

intransitive verb: rest·ed, rest·ing, rests. 

1. To be or continue to be; remain: Rest assured that we will finish on time.
2. To remain or be left over.

rest³ (rĕst)

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[Middle English reste, short for areste, a stopping, holding, from Old French, from arester, to stop; see arrest.]

noun 

A support for a lance on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor.

bridge¹ (brĭj)

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[Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg.]

noun 

1. A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.
2. Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function: a land bridge between the continents; a bridge of understanding between two countries.
3. 1. The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
   2. The part of a pair of eyeglasses that rests against this ridge.
4. A fixed or removable replacement for one or several but not all of the natural teeth, usually anchored at each end to a natural tooth.
5. Music
   1. A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard.
   2. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements.
6. Nautical A crosswise platform or enclosed area above the main deck of a ship from which the ship is controlled.
7. Games
   1. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest¹
   2. The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
8. Electricity
   1. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
   2. An electrical shunt.
9. Chemistry An intramolecular connection that spans atoms or groups of atoms.

transitive verb: bridged, bridg·ing, bridg·es. 

1. To build a bridge over.
2. To cross by or as if by a bridge.

derivatives

bridgéa·ble

adjective