Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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rest | Yes | No | Yes | No |
perch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rest (noun) | perch (noun) |
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freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes |
a support on which things can be put | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes |
a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration | support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) |
something left after other parts have been taken away | any of numerous fishes of America and Europe |
a state of inaction | an elevated place serving as a seat |
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | a linear measure of 16.5 feet |
a pause for relaxation | a square rod of land |
rest (verb) | perch (verb) |
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be at rest | sit, as on a branch |
stay the same; remain in a certain state | cause to perch or sit |
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax | to come to rest, settle |
give a rest to | |
not move; be in a resting position | |
sit, as on a branch | |
rest on or as if on a pillow | |
put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying | |
be inactive, refrain from acting | |
have a place in relation to something else | |
be inherent or innate in |