rest – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of rest

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to rest on sth
Participle: rested on sth
Gerund: resting on sth

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of rest

Indicative

Present

Irest on sth
yourest on sth
he;she;itrests on sth
werest on sth
yourest on sth
theyrest on sth

Perfect

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

Past

Irested on sth
yourested on sth
he;she;itrested on sth
werested on sth
yourested on sth
theyrested on sth

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Irest on sth
yourest on sth
he;she;itrest on sth
werest on sth
yourest on sth
theyrest on sth

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Irested on sth
yourested on sth
he;she;itrested on sth
werested on sth
yourested on sth
theyrested on sth

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yourest on sth
weLet's rest on sth
yourest on sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)