AT REST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at rest mean? 

• AT REST (adjective)
  The adjective AT REST has 2 senses:

1. in a state of repose or especially sleep

2. dead

  Familiarity information: AT REST used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT REST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a state of repose or especially sleep

Similar:

asleep (in a state of sleep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dead

Synonyms:

asleep; at peace; at rest; deceased; departed; gone

Context example:

our dear departed friend

Similar:

dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)

 Context examples 

Tawakol said the amygdala is the region of the brain that is most responsive to external threats, and has shown to be more active in those with stress disorders, even at rest.

(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)

Once they figured out how the brain works together at rest, the team compared the data with tests the participants that measured their intellectual and creative ability.

(Daydreaming Is Good: It Means You're Smart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This may be noted at rest or can be provoked by medication challenge.

(Brugada Syndrome Pattern by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is functionally collapsed at rest, with slight negative pressure present in the middle ear, and opens during swallowing, sneezing, and yawning.

(Eustachian Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

Recent images from Rosetta's Onboard Scientific Imaging System (OSIRIS) indicate that the comet is currently at rest — no longer showing signs of an extended dust coma surrounding its nucleus.

(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)

You may set your mind at rest about that.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His brain and his heart are all right; this I swear, before I have even seen him; so be at rest.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The resting heart rate is normally between 60 and 100 beats a minute in a healthy adult who is at rest.

(Heart rate, NCI Dictionary)

When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls.

(High Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Symptoms may be present even at rest.

(New York Heart Association Class III/IV, NCI Thesaurus)