Definitions
Remaining part; relax
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.”
“The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.”
“We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Break from activity”4 letters
02“Pause from work”4 letters
03“Relax after effort”4 letters
04“Take a break”4 letters
05“What remains”4 letters
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