"rest on" meaning in English

See rest on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rest on
Etymology: : rest on < → δείτε τις λέξεις rest και on
  1. βασίζομαι σε, στηρίζομαι σε
    Sense id: el-rest_on-en-verb-smLL3ft5
  2. κοιτάζω κάποιον ή κάτι
    Sense id: el-rest_on-en-verb-NmkmmxKI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rest upon
{
  "etymology_text": ": rest on < → δείτε τις λέξεις rest και on",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rest on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rest upon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His fame rests on his plays rather than his poetry.",
          "translation": "Η φήμη του βασίζεται στα θεατρικά του έργα μάλλον παρά στην ποίησή του."
        },
        {
          "text": "Our hopes are resting on you.",
          "translation": "Οι ελπίδες μας στηρίζονται σε σένα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "βασίζομαι σε, στηρίζομαι σε"
      ],
      "id": "el-rest_on-en-verb-smLL3ft5"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her eyes rested on me.",
          "translation": "Τα μάτια της σταμάτησε πάνω μου."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "κοιτάζω κάποιον ή κάτι"
      ],
      "id": "el-rest_on-en-verb-NmkmmxKI"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rest on"
}
{
  "etymology_text": ": rest on < → δείτε τις λέξεις rest και on",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rest on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rest upon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His fame rests on his plays rather than his poetry.",
          "translation": "Η φήμη του βασίζεται στα θεατρικά του έργα μάλλον παρά στην ποίησή του."
        },
        {
          "text": "Our hopes are resting on you.",
          "translation": "Οι ελπίδες μας στηρίζονται σε σένα."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "βασίζομαι σε, στηρίζομαι σε"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her eyes rested on me.",
          "translation": "Τα μάτια της σταμάτησε πάνω μου."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "κοιτάζω κάποιον ή κάτι"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rest on"
}

Download raw JSONL data for rest on meaning in English (0.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-15 from the elwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-01 using wiktextract (fb173d2 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.