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Word entry · 4 letters

rest

Best crossword clue

"Break from activity"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɹɛst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted erstStarts with REnds with T5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

01Break from activity4 letters
02Pause from work4 letters
03Relax after effort4 letters
04Take a break4 letters
05What remains4 letters

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