English dictionary: words starting with rest - page 1

noun

An act of stating something again or differently, especially more clearly or convincingly.

Usage examples:

We need a bold restatement of the central message

noun

An act of stating something again or differently, especially more clearly or convincingly.

Usage examples:

We need a bold restatement of the central message

verb

State (something) again or differently, especially more clearly or convincingly.

Usage examples:

He restated his opposition to abortion

verb

State (something) again or differently, especially more clearly or convincingly.

Usage examples:

He restated his opposition to abortion

verb

To restore.

noun

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.

Usage examples:

In the past five years numerous cafes, restaurants, bars, and shops have opened

noun

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.

Usage examples:

In the past five years numerous cafes, restaurants, bars, and shops have opened

verb

To restore.

noun

A person who owns and manages a restaurant.

Usage examples:

Hotel proprietors, restaurateurs and publicans are unanimous on the point and not one of them regre…

noun

A person who owns and manages a restaurant.

Usage examples:

Hotel proprietors, restaurateurs and publicans are unanimous on the point and not one of them regre…

noun

The restoration of something material to its proper or original condition; especially (a) restoration of the body to health; (also) a restorative, a cure; (b) the renovation of a building or buildings.

verb

Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

Usage examples:

He needed to rest after the feverish activity

noun

An instance or period of resting.

Usage examples:

You look as though you need a rest

adjective

Healthy and active after a period spent relaxing

Usage examples:

I came back from my trip to california feeling rested and rejuvenated.

verb

To steel again, especially to replace worn steel on (a metal tool, implement, etc.). also figurative.

noun

A person who rests, especially a person who takes repose or has a break from activity. in later use: specifically an unemployed actor.

noun

A person who rests, especially a person who takes repose or has a break from activity. in later use: specifically an unemployed actor.

adjective

Having a quiet and soothing quality.

Usage examples:

The rooms were cool and restful

adverb

In a way that produces a feeling of being calm and relaxed

Usage examples:

The medication allows patients to sleep restfully., sunday started restfully.

noun

A feeling of being calm and relaxed

Usage examples:

She always thought of the house as a place of great peace and restfulness., a warm drink at bedtime…

noun

A sticky old world plant of the pea family, which has pink flowers and creeping woody stems with spines.

Usage examples:

Other flowers present that are now scarce in suffolk include spiny restharrow and the yellow flower…

adjective

Resembling a cord; specifically (especially in "restiform body") designating the inferior cerebellar peduncle, a bundle of nerve fibres connecting the spinal cord and medulla oblongata with the cerebellum; of or relating to this.

verb

To stigmatize again; specifically (originally) †to mark again (obsolete); (subsequently) to reassert or state again the disgracefulness or unacceptability of (an action, practice, etc.).

verb

To give fresh stimulation to; to stimulate again.

verb

To give fresh stimulation to; to stimulate again.

verb

To give fresh stimulation to; to stimulate again.

noun

Stimulation for a second or further time; an instance of this.