Stop+or+rest

  • 21Rest house — Rest Rest, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r[ o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G …

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  • 22stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… …

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  • 23rest — [n1] inactivity break, breather*, breathing space*, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break*, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime*, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks*, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure,… …

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  • 24rest on/upon — [phrasal verb] 1 rest on/upon (someone or something) 1 a : to depend or rely on (someone or something) All our hopes rested on one man. 1 b : to stop moving and look at (someone or something) His eyes/gaze rested on the letter. 2 rest on/upon ( …

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  • 25Stop! Look! And Hasten! — is a 1953 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, released in 1954.PlotA famished Wile E. Coyote ( Eatibus Anythingus ) trudges across the desert floor, catching and eating anything that he… …

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  • 26stop|o|ver — «STOP OH vuhr», noun. 1. the act of stopping over in the course of a journey, especially with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued for the journey. 2. a place where a journey is broken: »We d have to keep driving… …

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  • 27rest area — rest areas see rest stop …

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  • 28stop press — is sometimes printed next to an article in a newspaper to indicate that this is very recent news and was added after the rest of the newspaper had been printed. [BRIT] STOP PRESS: The fourth National Photography Conference is being held in… …

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  • 29stop off — stop over we decided to stop over in Denver Syn: break one s journey, take a break, pause, linger; stay, remain, put up, lodge, rest; formal sojourn …

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  • 30stop work — index cease, rest (cease from action), strike (refuse to work) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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