• Resting

    Pronunciation

    Full definition of resting

    Noun

    resting

    (countable and uncountable; plural restings)
    1. The action of rest; repose; inactivity; reliance; confidence.
      • 1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites (page 199)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 ...
    2. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
    3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

    Adjective

    resting

    1. That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
    2. Unemployed.
    3. Remaining; stationary.

    Verb

    resting
    1. Present participle of rest
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