Word Finder - resting

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To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.

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To come to a pause or an end; end.

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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.

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I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.

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To stay, remain, be situated.

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The blame seems to rest with your father.

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To lean, lie, or lay.

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A column rests on its pedestal.

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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.)

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I rest my case.

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To sleep; slumber.

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To lie dormant.

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To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.

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To rely or depend on.

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The decision rests on getting a bank loan.

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To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

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To remain.

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To arrest.

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The action of rest

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• confidence
• inactivity
• reliance
• repose

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A place where one can rest; a resting-place.

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A pause; a break; an interlude.

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• hiatus
• moratorium
• recess

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That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.

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Unemployed; out of work.

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Remaining; stationary.

The old count was resting in his study.

She rolled over and glanced at Bordeaux, who seemed to be resting comfortably.

Her eyes were red-rimmed, too, and his gaze rested on the tiny fangs resting on her plump lower lip.

I've chosen the sea shore as the final resting place for my little beauty.

She was curled up in it, her head resting on one of the arms.

She made a show of resting her coat across the table, as if to say she wasn't leaving, and crossed to the small hall that contained the restrooms.

That's a resting place to die for.

Resting. She had Adrian.

Jessi leaned against him, resting her cheek against his chest.

Pierre reaching the house first went into Prince Andrew's study like one quite at home, and from habit immediately lay down on the sofa, took from the shelf the first book that came to his hand (it was Caesar's Commentaries), and resting on his elbow, began reading it in the middle.

She stretched out on the couch beside him; resting her head on his chest and he draped the blanket across her shoulders, his arm falling loosely on her waist.

While my new vehicle is far less accommodating to my needs as my precious motor home, now resting in an airport parking lot, this van is satisfying my temporary needs.

Finally he leaned toward Carmen, resting his arms on the table.

Sofi appeared relaxed in the cell, her head resting against the wall and her brilliant eyes focused on Jenn.

He withdrew, resting his forehead against Jenn's while he wiped away the newest tears on her face.

A guard's exclamation drew her fatigued gaze from its place resting on the ground.

He rose and carried her into her bedchamber, resting her on her bed.

He turned the light on and rolled over to face her, resting on one elbow.

The doctor says I can take it out of the sling when I'm resting.

Thanks to pain medication, Clarissa was resting as comfortably as could be expected.

Far stronger than boys many years older than he was, he bent and lifted her, carrying her to her permanent resting place.

The blonde was sleeping, her naked body resting on top of the covers.

He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her against him, until her head was resting on one shoulder.

Xander's body moved behind hers, resting lightly against her in a way that ratcheted up her pulse.

Jessi groaned, her head resting against his chest in what he took as reluctant agreement.

Surrounding the green is a space called a ditch, which is nearly but not quite on a level with the green and slopes gently away from it, the side next the turf being lined with boarding, the ditch itself bottomed with wooden spars resting on the foundation.

The Lower Tertiary consists largely of reddish sandstones resting upon the old rocks of the Cordillera and of the Sierras.

The root has nothing to do with resting in the sense of enjoying repose; in transitive forms and applications it means to "sever," to "put an end to," and intransitively it means to "desist," to "come to an end."

The steps by which the practice of resting from labour on the Lord's day instead of on the Sabbath was established in Christendom and received civil as well as ecclesiastical sanction are dealt with under Sunday; it is enough to observe here that this practice is naturally and even necessarily connected with the religious observance of the Lord's day as a day of worship and religious gladness, and is in full accordance with the principles laid down by Jesus in His criticism of the Sabbath of the Scribes.

The only idea of a god known to be entertained by them seems to be that of the Euahlayi and Kamilaori tribe, Baiame, a gigantic old man lying asleep for ages, with his head resting on his arm, which is deep in the sand.

Forrest and his party safely crossed the entire extent of Western Australia, and entering South Australia struck the overland telegraph line at Peake station, and, after resting, journeyed south to Adelaide.

After resting in Perth for a short time, he commenced the return journey, which was made for the most part between the 24th and 25th parallels, and again successfully traversed the desert, reaching the overland telegraph line in about seven months.

Saxe-Meiningen is a limited monarchy, its constitution resting on a law of 1829, subsequently modified.

The interior is in the form of a basilica, the double aisles being borne by ancient columns, and contains ambones and a candelabrum of 1311, the former resting on columns supported by lions, and decorated with reliefs and coloured marble mosaic. The castle at the highest point of the town was erected in the 14th century.

Thus, in the Crossley transmitter four hard carbon pencils were arranged in a lozenge-shaped figure, the ends of each pencil resting loosely in a small carbon block.

The south-eastern portion of the province consists of high fen resting on diluvial sand.

The triple division of tissues is laid down in most cases at 1 very early period of developmentin the flowering plants usuall3 before the resting stage is reached.

In the seed-forming plants (Phanerogams) one or more primary leaves (cotyledons) are already formed in the resting embryo.

The Structure of the Nucleus.In the living condition the resting nucleus appears to consist of a homogeneous ground substance containing a large number of small chromatin granules and one or more large spherical granulesnucleolithe whole being surrounded by a limiting membrane which separates it from the cytoplasm.

Rosenberg (1909) adduces evidence fox the existence of chromosomes or prochromosomes in resting nuclei in a large number of plants, but most observers consider that the chromosomes during the resting stage become completely resolved into a nuclear network in which no trace of the original chromosomes can be seen.

The Cambridgeshire coprolites are believed to be derived from deposits of Gault age; they are obtained by washing from a stratum about a foot thick, resting on the Gault, at the base of the Chalk Marl, and probably homotaxeous with the Chloritic Marl.

Between these, resting vertically upon the rostrum, appears the vomer; very variable in shape and size, often reduced to a mere trace, as in the Galli, or even absent, broken up into a pair of tiny splints in Pici.

The Roman nobility, resting wholly on sufferance, was overthrown by the ambition of one of its own members.

The Venetian nobility, resting also in its beginnings on sufferance, but on sufferance which silently obtained the force of law, lasted as long as Venice remained a separate state.

Resting stage of the same, with fourfold division of the cell-contents.

As regards growth after hatching, all beetles undergo a "complete" metamorphosis, the wing-rudiments developing beneath the cuticle throughout the larval stages, and a resting pupal stage intervening between the last larval instal1 and the imago.

After a resting (pseudo-pupal) stage and another larval stage, the pupa is developed.

This is followed by a resting (pseudo-pupal) stage, and thisby two successive larval stages like the grub of a chafer.

If, on the other hand, the company is of opinion that the suggestions of the inspecting officer are not likely to prove beneficial, or are for any reason unadvisable, it is at liberty to reject them, the responsibility of doing so resting entirely upon itself.

The debt in that country is relatively small in amount, and is not represented by securities based upon hypothecation of the company's real property, as with the American railway bond, resting on a first, second or third mortgage.