rest

/rɛst/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɛst/

rest

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> rest

Myanmar meaning

(n) နားနေ (v) နားနေ

Full entry

rest¹ /rest/ v

၁။ (က) နားနေသည်။ စိတ်ချသည်။ အိပ်သည်။ lie down and rest for an hour after lunch ❍ The nurse said we couldn't visit him because he was resting. ❍ (fig ) He will never rest (ie never have peace of mind) until he knows the truth. (ခ) အနားပေးသည်။ နားသည်။ Sit down and rest your legs. ❍ Are you rested enough to go on? See also RIP
၂။ ~ (sth)on/ against sth တည်ထားသည်။ ထောက်ထားသည်။ ထားသည်။ Her elbows rested/ She rested her elbows on the table. ❍ Rest the ladder against the wall.
၃။ (fml ) (စကားကို) ဖြတ်သည်။ (ကိစ္စ) ထားလိုက် သည်။ let the matter/ topic/ affair rest ❍ The matter cannot rest there—I demand an apology.
၄။ (esp law ) လျှောက်လဲချက်ကို အဆုံးသတ်သည်။ I rest my case.
n
၁။ [C,U] ~(from sth) အနားယူခြင်း။ အိပ်စက်ခြင်း။ have a good night's rest ❍ stop for a well-earned rest ❍ have/ take a rest from all your hard work ❍ Sunday is a day of rest. ❍ Try to get some rest now— you've got a busy day tomorrow. ❍ BREAK²
၂။ [C] (often in compounds) အမှီ။ ဒေါက်။ a rest for a billiard cue ❍ an armrest (eg on a seat or chair). See also FOOTREST, HEADREST
၃။ [C] (music ) နားချိန်။ နားရန် သင်္ကေတ။ The trumpets have six bars' rest. ❍ MUSIC
❏ at rest [IDM ]
၁။ မရွေ့မလျား။ မလှုပ်မယှက်။
၂။ ငြိမ်းချမ်း စွာ။ (euph ) be/ lie at rest (ie be buried) in one's grave.
❏ come to rest [IDM ] ရပ်တန့်သွားသည်။ The car crashed through the barrier and came to rest in a field.
❏ give sth/ it a rest [IDM ] (infml ) နားထားပါ။ တော်စမ်းပါ။ If you've hurt your ankle you should give sport a rest for a few weeks. ❍ Oh, give it a rest, will you? You've been complaining all day!
❏ lay sb to rest [IDM ](euph ) မြှုပ်နှံသည်။ She was laid to rest beside her late husband.
❏ lay/ put sth to rest [IDM ] (ထင်ကြေးပေးမှုများကို) ပိတ်ပစ်လိုက်သည်။
An official announcement finally laid speculation to rest.
❏ rest area, rest stop ns (US ) = LAY-BY
❏ rest assured (that…) [IDM ] (fml ) စိတ်ချနေပါ…။ You may rest assured that everything possible is being done.
❏ rest-cure n (လဲလျောင်း) အနားယူစေခြင်းဖြင့် ကုသမှု။ (fig ironic ) This job's certainly no rest-cure!
❏ rest-day n (အားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲကာလအတွင်း) နားရက်။
❏ restful /-fl/ adj ~ (to sb/ sth) အေးအေးလူလူရှိသော။ အေးစေ[သော]။ restful sleep ❍ a restful Sunday afternoon ❍ Pastel colours are restful to the eye.
❏ rest-home n အိုမင်း၊ ဖျားနာသူတို့ကို ပြုစု စောင့်ရှောက်သော ဂေဟာ။
❏ resting-place n (euph ) မြေပုံ။ အုတ်ဂူ။ his final resting-place in the local churchyard.
❏ rest on one's laurels [IDM ] (esp derog ) တက်ထောင် သည်။
❏ rest on sb/ sth [PHRV ] (no passive)
၁။ … အပေါ် တည်မှီသည်။ The team's hopes of a medal now rest on Gunnell.
၂။ (အကြည့်) ကျရောက်လာသည်။ Her eyes travelled slowly around the room and finally rested on me.
❏ rest on sth [PHRV ] (no passive) အခြေပြုထားသည်။ မဏ္ဍိုင်ပြုထားသည်။ an argument/ a claim resting on a false assumption ❍ The whole theory rests on a very simple idea. ❍ The success of the play rests largely on the performances of the main actors.
❏ rest room n (US euph ) အများသုံး ရေအိမ်။ ❍ TOILET
❏ rest with sb (to do sth) [PHRV ](fml ) … အပေါ်တည် သည်။ …တွင်တာဝန်ရှိသည်။ The decision rests entirely with you. ❍ It rests with management to justify their actions.

rest ² /rest/ n the

~ (of sth)
၁။ [sing] အကျန်။ ကျန်သည့် အပိုင်းအခြား။ ကျန်တာ။ the rest of the world/ my life/ her money ❍ watch the rest of a film ❍ Take what you want and throw the rest away.
၂။ [pl v ] ကျန်လူ။ ကျန်တဲ့လူတွေ။ ကျန်တာတွေ။ Paul and I are playing tennis this afternoon. What are the rest of you going to do? ❍ The first question was difficult, but the rest were quite easy.
❏ and (all) the rest (of it) [IDM ](infml ) ရှိရှိသမျှ သဗ္ဗရနံပေါင်း။ He wants a huge house and an expensive car and all the rest of it. ❍ She believes in God and heaven and hell and the rest.
❏ for the rest [IDM ](fml ) ထိုမှတစ်ပါးတွင်ကား။ The book contains some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is rather dull.

More examples

I’m not really hungry – do you want the rest?
[rest of] : We spent the rest of the day watching TV.
Rain will spread to the rest of the country by evening.
Jim had become separated from the rest and got completely lost.
[rest of] : The rest of the gang’s leaders were either dead or in jail.
Can we stop for a minute? I need a rest.
He was ordered to have complete rest after his heart attack.
[rest from] : She took a well-earned rest from her studies.
[take/have a rest] : He took a short rest in the afternoon.
[get some rest] : You should go and get some rest before tonight’s performance.
‘Well?’ she demanded, as he replaced the receiver on its rest.

Synonyms

relax, take it easy, have a rest, take a break, have a break, put your feet up, balance, base, basis, be at ease, be based, be comfortable, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be quiet, be seated on, be supported, be upheld, bed, bottom, bottom of barrel, break, breathe, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, compose oneself, composure, count, cutoff, depend, downtime, doze, dream, dreaminess, dregs, dross, drowse, ease, ease off, ease up, establish, excess, footing, forty winks, found, foundation, frame, ground, groundwork, halt, hang, heel, hinge, holder, holiday, hush, idle, idleness, inactivity, interlude, intermission, interval, lay, laze, lean, leavings, leftovers, leisure, let down, let up, letup, lie, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, lull, motionlessness, nap, nod, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, pause, peace, pedestal, pediment, pillar, place, predicate, prop, put, put feet up, quiescence, quiet, quietude, rack, recess, recline, recreation, refresh oneself, refreshment, relaxation, relief, rely, remainder, remains, remnant, remnants, repose, reside, residual, residue, residum, respite, roost, rump, seat, seating, settle, shelf, siesta, silence, sit, sit down, slack, slack off, slacken, sleep, slumber, snooze, somnolence, spell, stand, stand still, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, stretch out, superfluity, support, surplus, take a nap, take five, take life easy, take ten, take time out, time off, time out, tranquillity

Antonyms

action, activate, activity, advance, agitation, awakening, base, be active, beginning, busyness, carry out, clamor, consciousness, continuation, core, destroy, distress, disturbance, do, employment, energize, energy, go, hurt, injury, labor, lack, move, need, noise, stand, start, upset, wakefulness, walk, want, work, worry