rest — meaning in English

English meaning

• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
• remainder noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
• remnant noun A small remaining piece or amount of something bigger that once existed.
• rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.

Senses

rest is used for these senses in English:

• remain (mostly, in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
• remnant The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
• rest (uncountable) That which remains.

remain — full definition

1. verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
2. verb To be left over after everything else has been used, removed, or dealt with.

remainder — full definition

1. noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
2. noun In arithmetic, the number left over when one number doesn't divide evenly into another.
3. noun Unsold copies of a book or other stock, later sold off cheaply.

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