rest
n. C / Un. a period of time when you stop working or being active to get your energy back. You take a rest when you feel tired or need to relax.
n. a period of inactivity or sleep intended to restore physical or mental energy. Often used in the singular with the indefinite article.
You look tired, so you should take a short rest.
After hiking for three hours, the group found a flat rock and stopped for a well-deserved rest.
The doctor emphasized that complete bed rest was the only way to ensure the injury healed without further complications or long-term inflammation.
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic rastu, from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-, res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.
From Middle English resten, from Old English restan, from Proto-West Germanic rastijan (“to rest”), from Proto-Indo-European ros-, res-, erH- (“rest”). Cognate with Dutch rusten (“to rest”), Middle Low German resten (“to rest”), German rasten (“to rest”), Danish raste (“to rest”), Swedish rasta (“to rest”).
From Middle English reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester (“to remain”), from Latin restō (“to stay back, stay behind”), from re- + stō (“to stand”). Replaced native Middle English lave (“rest, remainder”) (from Old English lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).
From Middle English resten, from Old French rester, from Latin restō.
Aphetic form of arrest.
Commonly follows the verbs 'take', 'have', or 'get'. When referring to the remainder of something, it is preceded by the definite article 'the'.