abstract vs rest

abstract

noun
  • Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. 

  • A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose. 

  • Concentrated essence of a product. 

  • An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. 

  • The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. 

  • An abstract work of art. 

  • An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. 

  • A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title. 

verb
  • To draw off (interest or attention). 

  • He was wholly abstracted by other objects. 

  • To separate; to disengage. 

  • To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality. 

  • To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. 

  • To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. 

  • To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out". 

  • To create abstractions. 

  • To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. 

  • To remove; to take away; withdraw. 

  • To perform the process of abstraction. 

  • To withdraw oneself; to retire. 

adj
  • Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. 

  • Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century. 

  • Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied. 

  • Lacking a story. 

  • Absolute. 

  • Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects. 

  • Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. 

  • As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person. 

  • Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive. 

  • Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational. 

  • Insufficiently factual. 

rest

noun
  • Any object designed to be used to support something else. 

  • A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. 

  • A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance. 

  • Absence of motion. 

  • Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. 

  • A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach. 

  • A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. 

  • Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. 

  • The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital. 

  • A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. 

  • A final position after death. 

  • A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura. 

  • A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. 

  • A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. 

  • That which remains. 

  • Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. 

  • Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. 

verb
  • To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed. 

  • To rely or depend on. 

  • To be or to put into a state of rest. 

  • To lean, lie, or lay. 

  • To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.) 

  • To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. 

  • To sleep; slumber. 

  • To come to a pause or an end; end. 

  • To be satisfied; to acquiesce. 

  • To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. 

  • To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. 

  • To lie dormant. 

  • To stay, remain, be situated. 

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