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resting

nounadjectiveverbverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈɹɛstɪŋ//
  • //ɹiːˈstɪŋ//

The action of rest

noun

  1. 1

    The action of rest

    Hence, if the universal Father had […] personally controlled the movements of the Israelites, and directed the course, the motions, and the restings, of that cloud […]

  2. 2

    A place where one can rest; a resting place.

  3. 3

    A pause; a break; an interlude.

adjective

  1. 1

    That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.

  2. 2

    Unemployed; out of work.

  3. 3

    Remaining; stationary.

    For most adults, a normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of restpresent participle and gerund of rest

verb

  1. 1

    To sting again.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sting English resting From re- + sting.

Forms

plural
restings
past tense
restung
past participle
restung
present participle
restinging
third person singular
restings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).