rest – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of rest

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to rest
Participle: rested
Gerund: resting

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of rest

Indicative

Present

Irest
yourest
he;she;itrests
werest
yourest
theyrest

Perfect

Ihave rested
youhave rested
he;she;ithas rested
wehave rested
youhave rested
theyhave rested

Past

Irested
yourested
he;she;itrested
werested
yourested
theyrested

Pluperfect

Ihad rested
youhad rested
he;she;ithad rested
wehad rested
youhad rested
theyhad rested

Future

Iwill rest
youwill rest
he;she;itwill rest
wewill rest
youwill rest
theywill rest

Future Perfect

Iwill have rested
youwill have rested
he;she;itwill have rested
wewill have rested
youwill have rested
theywill have rested

Subjunctive

Present

Irest
yourest
he;she;itrest
werest
yourest
theyrest

Perfect

Ihave rested
youhave rested
he;she;ithave rested
wehave rested
youhave rested
theyhave rested

Imperfect

Irested
yourested
he;she;itrested
werested
yourested
theyrested

Pluperfect

Ihad rested
youhad rested
he;she;ithad rested
wehad rested
youhad rested
theyhad rested

Conditional

Present

Iwould rest
youwould rest
he;she;itwould rest
wewould rest
youwould rest
theywould rest

Perfect

Iwould have rested
youwould have rested
he;she;itwould have rested
wewould have rested
youwould have rested
theywould have rested

Imperative

yourest
weLet's rest
yourest

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam resting
youare resting
he;she;itis resting
weare resting
youare resting
theyare resting

Perfect

Ihave been resting
youhave been resting
he;she;ithas been resting
wehave been resting
youhave been resting
theyhave been resting

Past

Iwas resting
youwere resting
he;she;itwas resting
wewere resting
youwere resting
theywere resting

Pluperfect

Ihad been resting
youhad been resting
he;she;ithad been resting
wehad been resting
youhad been resting
theyhad been resting

Future

Iwill be resting
youwill be resting
he;she;itwill be resting
wewill be resting
youwill be resting
theywill be resting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been resting
youwill have been resting
he;she;itwill have been resting
wewill have been resting
youwill have been resting
theywill have been resting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be resting
youwould be resting
he;she;itwould be resting
wewould be resting
youwould be resting
theywould be resting

Perfect

Iwould have been resting
youwould have been resting
he;she;itwould have been resting
wewould have been resting
youwould have been resting
theywould have been resting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'rest'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'rest'

best, crest, jest, lest, nest, prest, reast, reest, rent, res,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stop working
breather, time off, time out
to sleep
catch some z's, doze, repose, saw logs, sleep, slumber, snooze
to cease to proceed or act
absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cess, cheese it, come to an end, desist, discontinue, forbear, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, stanch, staunch, stay, stop, surcease, terminate
to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off
beleave, belive, keep, remain, stay
To be without motion.
stop
to have something as a necessary condition
depend, hang, hinge, lean, rely, stay, turn
relax
repose, recuperate, drowse, nod, snooze, lie, stretch

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "sleep," O.E. ræste, reste "rest, bed, intermission of labor, mental peace," from P.Gmc. *rastjo, *rasto. Original sense seems to be a measure of distance (cf. O.H.G. rasta "league of miles," O.N. rost "league, distance after which one rests," Gothic rasta "mile, stage of a journey"), perhaps a word from the nomadic period. The meaning "support, thing upon which something rests" is attested from 1590. The verb is O.E. ræstan, restan "to rest." At rest "dead" is from 1338. Rest room first attested 1899; rest stop is from 1973. Rested "refreshed by sleep" is attested from c.1400. Phrase rest you merry is from 1548 (God rest you merry, gentlemen, often is mis-punctuated). Colloquial expression to give (something) a rest "to stop talking about it" is first recorded 1927, Amer.Eng.
2. 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”). See: Old English 'restan', Dutch 'rusten', German, old spelling 'rasten', Danish 'raste', Swedish 'rasta'.

Verbs referencing "rest"

Luxembourgish raschten.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] means extensive. When there is not, the character of the scenery is always the same. Mile after mile of stunted trees: some hewn down by the axe, some blown down by the wind, some half fallen and resting on their neighbours, many mere logs half hidden in the swamp, others mouldered away to spongy chips. The very soil of the earth is made up of minute fragments such as these; each pool of stagnant [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of William, of the ballad, and his Black-Eyed Susan; of Will Watch, the Bold Smuggler; of Paul Jones the Pirate, and the like: on which the painted eyes of Queen Victoria, and of Washington to boot, rest in as strange companionship, as on most of the scenes that are enacted in their wondering presence. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There were some fifteen or twenty persons in the room. One, a tall, wiry, muscular old man, from the west; sunburnt and swarthy; with a brown white hat on his knees, and a giant umbrella resting between his legs; who sat bolt upright in his chair, frowning steadily at the carpet, and twitching the hard lines about his mouth, as if he had made up his mind ‘to fix ’ the President on what he [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and doors, and windows of the state-rooms, jumbled as oddly together as though they formed a small street, built by the varying tastes of a dozen men: the whole is supported on beams and pillars resting on a dirty barge, but a few inches above the water 's edge: and in the narrow space between this upper structure and this barge 's deck, are the furnace fires and machinery, open at the sides to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] her, and little Ruth rubbing her hands with camphor. She opened her eyes in a state of dreamy, delicious languor, such as one who has long been bearing a heavy load, and now feels it gone, and would rest. The tension of the nerves, which had never ceased a moment since the first hour of her flight, had given way, and a strange feeling of security and rest came over her; and as she lay, with her [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • We rested but one day at Cincinnati, and then resumed our journey to Sandusky. As it comprised two varieties of stage-coach travelling, which, with those I have already glanced at, comprehend the main [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] with some curiosity at his hat, which was still upon his head. It might have been that, or it might have been the heat—but he took it off. Then, he sat himself down on a chair opposite to me; rested an arm on each knee; and, leaning forward very much, took from the ground, by a great effort, the specimen of metropolitan workmanship which I had just pulled off: whistling, pleasantly, as he did [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • St. Clare rested his head on his hands, and did not speak for some minutes. After a while, he looked up, and went on: (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Eva took the jewel-case, and lifted from it a diamond necklace. Her large, thoughtful eyes rested on them, but it was plain her thoughts were elsewhere. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short ? Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on ? Be it what it may, it rested in the heart of Eva, a calm, sweet, prophetic certainty that Heaven was near; calm as the light of sunset, sweet as the bright stillness of autumn, there her little heart reposed, only troubled by [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)