(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. / (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. / (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.

(uncountable) That which remains. / Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.

(no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. / (transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.

(obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.

plural of rest

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rest

(idiomatic) Not moving; stationary. / In a state of inactivity or repose, either physical or mental. / (euphemistic) Dead.

The action of rest / A place where one can rest; a resting place. / A pause; a break; an interlude.

That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth. / (euphemistic) Unemployed; out of work. / Remaining; stationary.