resting
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- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɹɛstɪŋ/
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/ˈɹɛstɪŋ/ · /ɹiːˈstɪŋ/
Definition of resting
8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The action of rest
“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 […]”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The action of rest
“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 […]”
- (countable, uncountable)A place where one can rest; a resting place.
- (countable, uncountable)A pause; a break; an interlude.
adj
- (not-comparable)That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
- (euphemistic, not-comparable)Unemployed; out of work.
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(not-comparable)Remaining; stationary.
“For most adults, a normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of rest
- To sting again.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
re- + sting
Words you can make from resting
178 playable · top: STINGER (8 pts)
Best play stinger 8 points6-letter words
23 words5-letter words
45 words- GENTS 6 pts
- GIRNS 6 pts
- GIRTS 6 pts
- GITES 6 pts
- GRINS 6 pts
- GRIST 6 pts
- GRITS 6 pts
- REIGN 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
- RINGS 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
- SENGI 6 pts
- SINGE 6 pts
- STING 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- TINGE 6 pts
- TINGS 6 pts
- TRIGS 6 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NERTS 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- REINS 5 pts
- RENTS 5 pts
- RESIN 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RINSE 5 pts
- RISEN 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- SERIN 5 pts
- SIREN 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- STERN 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TERNS 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- EGIS 5 pts
- ENGS 5 pts
- ERGS 5 pts
- GENS 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- NEGS 5 pts
- REGS 5 pts
- RIGS 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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2 extensions · 2 front
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