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# rest

«rest» in Mova's school dictionary: **what is left over after some part has been taken or used** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the rest; a rest, rests); verb (rest, rests, rested, resting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The rest is what is left over after some part has been taken or used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#m1)

2) The rest can mean the other people or things: «The rest of the class went home». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#m2)

3) A rest is a time when you stop and relax or sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#m3)

4) To rest is to relax, or to lie or lean on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

what remains with the actor after the part named before: «the rest» is the whole minus the named part; in sport and health, rest helps the body get better; phrases: «the rest of», «take a rest», «rest on», «at rest» (not moving)

### examples

- Tom gives 3 pencils to Anna and the rest to Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x1)
- Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x2)
- 5 of the 12 children are boys; the rest are girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x3)
- We had a rest after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x4)
- I'll eat the rest of my sandwich later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x5)
- Rest your leg until it gets better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x6)
- The ladder was resting against the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x7)
- In science, a ball at rest is not moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/#x8)

### note

«the rest» is the whole minus the named part; work it out before passing it on. Trap: «a rest» can also mean a break, with no number. «the rest» takes a plural verb for many things: «the rest are girls».

### In the corpora

- [A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/15/)
- [Hospitals limit visiting hours and the number of visitors so patients can rest and doctors and nurses can work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/11/)
- [A payslip shows what you earned and what was taken off, such as tax and pension, before the rest reached your bank.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/9/)
- ["God rest him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/4/)
- ["Musical differences" and "taking a break" mean only what was said; nobody outside the band knows the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.