{ "term": "rest", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "image": "data/images/mu/music_string_instruments.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the part of something that remains", "sensetop": "the rest of somethingfor the rest of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Take what you want and throw the rest away." }, { "text": "The country enjoys friendly relations with **the rest of the world**.", "contextForm": "the rest of something" }, { "text": "How would you like to **spend the rest** of the day?" }, { "text": "I'm not doing this job for **the rest of my life**.", "contextForm": "for the rest of something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the people or things that remain; the others", "sensetop": "the rest of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The first question was difficult, but the rest were pretty easy." }, { "text": "Don't blame Alex. He's human, like the rest of us.", "contextForm": "the rest of something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity", "sensetop": "rest from something", "labels": "especially North American English", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I had a good night's rest." }, { "text": "We stopped for a well-earned rest." }, { "text": "to **have/take a rest** from all your hard work", "contextForm": "rest from something" }, { "text": "Try to **get some rest**—you have a busy day tomorrow." }, { "text": "There are no matches tomorrow, which is a **rest day**, but the tournament resumes on Monday." }, { "text": "Get some rest while you can." }, { "text": "Her heart would find no rest until she knew the truth." }, { "text": "I apologize for disturbing your rest." }, { "text": "I had a good long rest before the party." }, { "text": "I need my beauty rest." }, { "text": "I was hospitalized many times and put on bed rest for six months." }, { "text": "The body requires a healthy diet and adequate rest." }, { "text": "The doctor advised him to take a complete rest from football." }, { "text": "You need a rest from all your hard work." } ], "topics": ["Healthcare"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["complete", "good", "long"], "verb + rest": ["find", "get", "have"], "rest + noun": ["break", "day", "interval"], "preposition": ["at rest", "rest from"], "phrases": ["a day of rest"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an object that is used to support or hold something", "examples": [ { "text": "an armrest *(= for example on a seat or chair)*" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a period of silence between notes; a sign that shows a rest between notes", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Music"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used at the end of a list to mean everything else that you might expect to be on the list", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that the actual amount or number of something is much higher than somebody has stated", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘It cost 250 pounds…’ ‘And the rest, and the rest!’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "not moving", "labels": "(specialist)", "examples": [ { "text": "At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "dead and therefore free from trouble or worry. People say ‘at rest’ to avoid saying ‘dead’.", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "She now **lies at rest** in the churchyard." } ], "topics": ["Life stages"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop moving", "examples": [ { "text": "The car crashed through the barrier and came to rest in a field." }, { "text": "His eyes came to rest on Clara's face." }, { "text": "The ball rolled down the hill and came to rest against a tree." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "apart from that; considering other matters", "labels": "(British English, formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The book has some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is extremely dull." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody to stop talking about something because they are annoying you", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Give it a rest! You’ve been complaining all day." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop doing something for a while", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to bury somebody. People say ‘to lay somebody to rest’ to avoid saying ‘to bury’ somebody.", "examples": [ { "text": "George was laid to rest beside his parents." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop something by showing it is not true", "examples": [ { "text": "The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used when somebody is complaining that they have a lot of work to do", "labels": "(usually humorous)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something", "examples": [], "synonyms": "reassure" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/rest/", "audio": "re/rest/rest__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/rest/", "audio": "re/rest/rest__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 3 to 5 Old English ræst, rest (noun), ræstan, restan (verb), of Germanic origin, from a root meaning ‘league’ or ‘mile’ (referring to a distance after which one rests). noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old French reste (noun), rester (verb), from Latin restare ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + stare ‘to stand’." }