n. a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"

n. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

n. a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"

n. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

n. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

n. a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

n. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

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v. give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"

v. be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"

v. rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

v. not move; be in a resting position

v. have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

v. be at rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

v. sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

n. a dormant or quiescent state

n. a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"

n. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

n. act of receiving pleasure from something

n. a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

n. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

n. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

n. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

n. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

n. an intervening period or episode

n. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

n. any joyous diversion

n. a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

n. a temporary leave of absence from military duty

n. a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

v. attach with a hinge

v. create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

v. lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"

v. attach with a hinge

v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

v. take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

v. sleep lightly or for a short period of time

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

v. attach with a hinge

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

v. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. cause to be balanced or suspended

v. put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"

v. hold or carry in equilibrium

v. fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

v. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"

adj. not subject to death

adj. without limits in extent or size or quantity; "immeasurable vastness of our solar system"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

adj. not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy"

adj. steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"

adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"

adj. having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

adj. having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"

adj. continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

adj. `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"

adj. too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

adj. not capable of being computed or enumerated

adj. marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon"

adj. steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

adj. having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. not liable to or capable of change; "an invariable temperature"; "an invariable rule"; "his invariable courtesy"

adj. never dying; "his undying fame"

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

adj. not subject to death

adj. continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"

adj. seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"

adj. existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"

adj. having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict"

adj. persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry"

adj. never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"

v. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

v. rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"

v. be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"

v. repose in

v. give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"

adj. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"

adj. having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"

adj. infinitely great in number; "endless waves"

adj. beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"

adj. that cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal"

adj. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"

adj. of an imaginary flower that never fades

adj. having an illustrious past

adj. never dying; "his undying fame"

adj. characterized by divine or godlike nature

adj. unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"

adj. used of decisions and contracts

adj. not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee"

n. activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

v. be in a state of action; "she is always moving"

v. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"

v. as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

v. have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."

v. be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"

adj. bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

adj. subject to death; "mortal beings"

adj. not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

adj. bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"