(music) A semibreve rest is a pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.

(music) A rest having the same duration as a crotchet; a quarter rest.

(literally) Eternal torment in hell awaits sinners. / (humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people.

plural of rest mass

(idiomatic) Indicates that one does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.

A padded platform that raises the wrists above a keyboard.

(chiefly left-wing politics) Said to mourn, remember or celebrate a deceased person, particularly activists and victims of oppression.

(humorous) Even people who are tired must still work.

(Britain) Synonym of and so forth

A rest area.