rest.とは

意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• -ster, ERTs, SERT, erst, rets, tres

語源 1

From Middle English rest, reste, from 古期英語 rest, ræst (“rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep, resting-place, a bed, couch, grave”), from Proto-Germanic *rastō, *rastijō (“rest”), 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 ������������‎ (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic ���������� (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

名詞

rest (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rests)

1. (uncountable, of a person または animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

   I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.

   The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.

   Synonyms: sleep, slumber

2. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

   We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.

   Synonyms: break, repose, time off

3. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

   It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Judges 3:30:

     And the land had rest fourscore years.

   Synonyms: peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility

4. (uncountable, of an object または concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

   The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.

   The ocean was finally at rest.

   Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.

5. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.

   She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.

   Synonym: peace

6. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

   Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.

   Hyponyms: breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver rest

7. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.

   The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.

   Antonym: motion

9. (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.

   Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

   Hypernym: bridge

10. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.

    She put the phone receiver back in its rest.

    He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.

    Synonyms: cradle (of a telephone), support

    Hyponyms: arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest

11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
    • 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:

      their visors closed, their lances in the rest

12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
    • c. 1851, Catholicus (pen name of John Henry Newman, letter in The Times

      halfway houses and travellers' rests

    • 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

      in dust our final rest, and native home

    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy xii:9:

      Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.

13. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
    • 1874, New York Court of Appeals, Records and Briefs

      a new account was opened under the heading "Irondale Mine" and so continued witli semiannual rest

15. (dated) A set or game at tennis.

反意語

• activity

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English resten, from 古期英語 restan (“to rest, cease from toil, be at rest, sleep, rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave, remain unmoved または undisturbed, be still, rest from, remain, lie”), 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”).

動詞

rest (三人称単数 現在形 rests, 現在分詞 resting, 過去形および過去分詞形 rested)

1. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 23:12:

     Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.

2. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     There rest, if any rest can harbour there.

4. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive, copulative) To be or to put into a state of rest.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:

     And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.

   My day's work is over; now I will rest.

   We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.

   I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.

   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:

     With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.

5. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.

   The blame seems to rest with your father.

6. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.

   A column rests on its pedestal.

   I rested my head in my hands.

   She rested against my shoulder.

   I rested against the wall for a minute.

7. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)

   The defense rests, your Honor.

   I rest my case.

8. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
9. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
10. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
    • 1700, John Dryden, Sigismonda and Guiscardo

      On him I rested, after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.

    • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

      Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. […] But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.

    The decision rests on getting a bank loan.

12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
    • 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 2, scene 1]:

      to rest in Heaven's determination

同意語

• (lie down かつ take repose, especially by sleeping): relax
• (give rest to): relieve
• (stop working): have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out
• (be situated): be, lie, remain, reside, stay
• (他動詞: lean, lay): lay, lean, place, put
• (自動詞: lie, lean): lean, lie

Troponyms

• (lie down かつ take repose): nap

派生語

語源 3

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 古期英語 lāf (“remnant, remainder”)).

発音

• enPR: rĕst, IPA^(key): /ɹɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

名詞

rest (uncountable)

2. (uncountable) That which remains.

   She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.

   Synonyms: lave, remainder

3. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
   • 1676, Bishop Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome

     Plato and the rest of the philosophers

   • 1697, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:

     Arm'd like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 11, in The Celebrity:

     The rest of us were engaged in various occupations: Mr. Trevor relating experiences of steamboat days on the Ohio to Mrs. Cooke; Miss Trevor buried in a serial in the Century; and Farrar and I taking an inventory of the fishing-tackle, when we were startled by a loud and profane ejaculation.

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     It also showed that 26 of the top 30 AI patent requests came from businesses. Universities or public research organizations made up the rest.

4. (Britain, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.

同意語

• (that which remains): See also Thesaurus:remainder

派生語

• all the rest

動詞

rest (三人称単数 現在形 rests, 現在分詞 resting, 過去形および過去分詞形 rested)

1. (no object, with complement) 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.

   ("Be glad, be joyful"; later: "Good luck to you.")

2. (transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.

   God rest you merry, gentlemen.

   ("May God grant you happiness かつ peace, gentlemen"; 字義どおりに: "May God keep you happy かつ in peace, gentlemen.")

派生語

語源 4

Aphetic form of arrest.

動詞

rest (三人称単数 現在形 rests, 現在分詞 resting, 過去形および過去分詞形 rested)

1. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To arrest.

アナグラム

• -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rets, tres

語源

From Proto-Germanic *rastō, *rastijō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /rest/

名詞

rest f

1. rest
2. resting place; bed

派生語

• restlēas

派生した語

• Middle English: reste, rest; (rüst, rist)
  • Scots: rest
  • English: rest