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Verb
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rested, past participle; rested, past tense; rests, 3rd person singular present; resting, present participle;
  1. Remain or be left in a specified condition
    • - you can rest assured she will do everything she can to help her
Noun
  1. The remaining part of something
    • - what do you want to do for the rest of your life?
    • - I'll tell you the rest tomorrow night
  2. The remaining people or things; the others
    • - the rest of us were experienced skiers
  1. not move; be in a resting position
  2. remainder: something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
  3. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
  4. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
  5. give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
  6. respite: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
  7. Representational State Transfer (REST) is a style of software architecture for distributed hypermedia systems such as the World Wide Web. The term Representational State Transfer was introduced and defined in 2000 by Roy FieldingChapter 5 of Fielding's dissertation is . ...
  8. reStructuredText is a lightweight markup language intended to be highly readable in source format. Its formal name indicates that it is a "revised, reworked, and reinterpreted StructuredText."
  9. Rest, released April 1, 2008, is the second full-length album by Virginian post-rock band Gregor Samsa. The band posted the tracks online at Imeem before the album was released. The album was released in five formats, digital (April 1), unlimited (May 13), limited (April 24), collector's, and vinyl.
  10. The following is an encyclopedic glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table ...
  11. RE1-Silencing Transcription factor (REST), also known as Neuron-Restrictive Silencer Factor (NRSF), is a protein which in humans is encoded by the REST gene.
  12. A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. ...
  13. (Resting ( מנוחה menuhhah, Strong's #4496)) The Hebrew verb nu’ahh ^[str:4496] means “to rest.” The noun form of this word is no’ahh meaning a “resting” and is also the Hebrew form of the name Noah. ...
  14. (Resting) Heat drives meat's juices from the surface when it cooks. Letting meat "rest" before slicing lets these juices seep back towards the surface (liquids always take the path of least resistance). The result is a more flavorful piece of meat.
  15. (Resting) Roasted meats should not be served straight out of the over, but should be allowed to rest in a warm place for 20 to 30 minutes, loosely covered with aluminum foil. (The foil keeps the meat warm; loose wrapping ensures that the outside of the meat doesn’t steam and lose its crispness. ...
  16. (Resting) Indicates like it suggests the need for more rest.
  17. (Resting) You should leave steaks to rest for at least five minutes after cooking to allow the juices to redistribute. The rested steaks will still be warm and they will be extra juicy.
  18. (resting) In biology, refers to a cell that is not dividing.
  19. (Rests [back to top]) The periodical balancing of an account made for the purpose of converting interest into principal, and charging the party liable with compound interest.
  20. A loosely defined specification for HTTP-based services where all of the information required to process a request is present in the initial request and where each request receives only a single response, and where the response is in a machine-readable form. ...
  21. Rest your foot as soon as possible.
  22. A bearing the origin and meaning of which have been disputed. By some it is said to represent a spear rest, and perhaps this is correct. By others it is taken for a musical instrument of some kind. Hence it is sometimes called an organ rest.
  23. The period of time during which the mash is held at a pre-determined temperature in order to activate specific enzymes. See protein rest, saccharification rest, acid rest.
  24. a symbol used to indicate silence in music.
  25. in bread-making, to let the dough sit a few minutes before kneading more.