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# restless

«restless» in Mova's school dictionary: **unable to keep still or relax, because you are bored…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (restless, more restless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Restless means unable to keep still or relax, because you are bored, worried or full of energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#m1)

2) A restless night is a night with little or bad sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#m2)

3) Restless can describe things that keep moving: «the restless sea». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories children get restless on long car trips or in long assemblies; animals get restless before a storm. In health lessons, restless sleep can be a sign of worry or illness. Phrases: «feel restless», «a restless night», «get restless».

### examples

- The children got restless on the long car journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x1)
- I had a restless night because of the thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x2)
- The horses were restless before the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x3)
- After an hour of sitting, the class grew restless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x4)
- She felt restless and went for a run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x5)
- The restless waves crashed on the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x6)
- And one morning he got so restless that even his friends noticed it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restless/#x7)

### note

«Rest» + «-less» = without rest. Noun: «restlessness»; adverb: «restlessly». Opposite: «calm», «relaxed», «settled».

### Trees and pragmatics

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