resting

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
• Homophone: wresting
• Hyphenation: rest‧ing

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resting (countable and uncountable, plural restings)

1. The action of rest

   Synonyms: 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.

resting (not comparable)

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

resting

1. present participle of rest

• Ginters, Stinger, Tigners, Tsering, ringest, stinger, tingers