hammer vs rest

hammer

noun
  • The last stone in an end. 

  • The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear. 

  • The accelerator pedal. 

  • A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing. 

  • A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. 

  • The act of using a hammer to hit something. 

  • A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head. 

  • Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour. 

  • One who, or that which, smites or shatters. 

  • A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. 

  • In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string. 

verb
  • To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange. 

  • To ride very fast. 

  • To make high demands on (a system or service). 

  • To emphasize a point repeatedly. 

  • To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market). 

  • To have hard sex with. 

  • To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc. 

  • To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. 

  • To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly 

  • To hit particularly hard. 

  • To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer. 

rest

noun
  • A final position after death. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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 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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