RESTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rested mean? 

• RESTED (adjective)
  The adjective RESTED has 1 sense:

1. not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing

  Familiarity information: RESTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing

Context example:

came back rested from her vacation

Similar:

fresh; invigorated; refreshed; reinvigorated (with restored energy)

untired; unwearied; unweary (with unreduced energy)

Also:

lively (full of life and energy)

Antonym:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)

 Context examples 

This time I watched whilst Van Helsing recruited himself and rested.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He shoved the slide part way back and rested his arms on it, his body still in the companion-way.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It rested upon a heading which sent a chill to my heart.

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

Holmes sat down on a boulder and rested his chin in his hands.

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

He was very weak, and when he reached the lawn he lay down and rested for a while.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Mr. Steerforth will be glad to hear how you have rested, sir.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He took his head in his two hands and rested cheek on cheek.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The suspicions of the police then rested upon young Gorot, who, as you may remember, stayed over time in the office that night.

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

It was seventy miles, and the same distance back on Sunday afternoon would leave him anything but rested for the second week's work.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When the researchers compared the activity of the astrocytes across the four groups, they identified it in 5.7 percent of the synapses in the well-rested mouse brains, and 7.3 of the spontaneously awake mouse brains.

(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)