rest
part of speech
noun (the rest; a rest, rests); verb (rest, rests, rested, resting)
meaning for a pupil
1) The rest is what is left over after some part has been taken or used. tree →
2) The rest can mean the other people or things: «The rest of the class went home». tree →
3) A rest is a time when you stop and relax or sleep. tree →
4) To rest is to relax, or to lie or lean on something. tree →
sense in the lessons
what remains with the actor after the part named before: «the rest» is the whole minus the named part; in sport and health, rest helps the body get better; phrases: «the rest of», «take a rest», «rest on», «at rest» (not moving)
examples
- Tom gives 3 pencils to Anna and the rest to Ben. tree →
- Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia. tree →
- 5 of the 12 children are boys; the rest are girls. tree →
- We had a rest after the long walk. tree →
- I'll eat the rest of my sandwich later. tree →
- Rest your leg until it gets better. tree →
- The ladder was resting against the wall. tree →
- In science, a ball at rest is not moving. tree →
note
«the rest» is the whole minus the named part; work it out before passing it on. Trap: «a rest» can also mean a break, with no number. «the rest» takes a plural verb for many things: «the rest are girls».
In the corpora
- A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.
- Hospitals limit visiting hours and the number of visitors so patients can rest and doctors and nurses can work.
- A payslip shows what you earned and what was taken off, such as tax and pension, before the rest reached your bank.
- "God rest him.
- "Musical differences" and "taking a break" mean only what was said; nobody outside the band knows the rest.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.