rest
/ɹɛst/ verb B1- To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. · You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.· Rest you merry.
He/she/it rests · Past rested · Past participle rested · -ing form resting
Verb forms
- Base form
- rest
- He/she/it
- rests
- Past
- rested
- Past participle
- rested
- -ing form
- resting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Won’t you tell me a story, while we are resting?” asked the child.
During the rest of that day there was no other adventure to mar the peace of their journey.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to wonder where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the rest.
When she had gone several miles she thought she would stop to rest, and so climbed to the top of the fence beside the road and sat down.
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