Plural noun or third-person verb form meaning to relax and recover energy, or the remaining parts of something.
From Old English 'rest,' likely from Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to stay or remain.' The sense of 'remainder' comes from the idea of what stays behind after something is taken away.
A 'rest' in music is actually silence, but it takes up just as much time and space as a note does—sometimes the pause is as important as the sound. This perfectly mirrors real life: rest isn't empty time, it's essential for everything that comes after.
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