"come to rest" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes to rest [present, singular, third-person], coming to rest [participle, present], came to rest [past], come to rest [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to rest}} come to rest (third-person singular simple present comes to rest, present participle coming to rest, simple past came to rest, past participle come to rest)
  1. To stop moving.
    Sense id: en-come_to_rest-en-verb-kz1Lj2Bt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come to rest meaning in English (1.6kB)

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