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resting en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
  2. (euphemistic, not-comparable) Unemployed; out of work.
  3. (not-comparable) Remaining; stationary.
    • For most adults, a normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute 2025 June 25 (last accessed), “Measuring Resting Heart Rate (RHR)”, in Virginia Commonwealth University, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025, page 1:

resting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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 […] 1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites, page 199:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A place where one can rest; a resting place.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A pause; a break; an interlude.

Forms

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restings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

stoppage · pause · hiatus · halting · confidence · recess · recess · stopping · interregnum · cessation · respite · moratorium · demurral · break · halt · caesura · suspension · resting · lapse · interruption · breather · reliance · gap · repose · hiatus · inactivity · moratorium

resting en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of rest
    form of rest

Deriveds

nonresting (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting-place (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting Polish face (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting potential (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting spore (terms derived from all parts of speech) · restingly (terms derived from all parts of speech) · unresting (terms derived from all parts of speech) · bitchy resting face (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting face (terms derived from all parts of speech) · resting bitch face (terms derived from all parts of speech)

resting en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɹiːˈstɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. To sting again.

Forms

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restings Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
restung Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
restung Tense=Past lexicographic
restinging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic