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Verb1.rest on - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"
lean against, lean on
adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
2.rest on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
build on, build upon, repose on
depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
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noun
1. A pause or interval, as from work or duty:
break, intermission, recess, respite, time-out.
Informal: breather.
2. Freedom from labor, responsibility, or strain:
ease, leisure, relaxation, repose.
3. The act or fact of dying:
death, decease, demise, dissolution, extinction, passing, quietus.
Slang: curtain (used in plural).
verb
1. To take repose by ceasing work or other effort for an interval of time:
relax, unbend, unwind.
Idioms: lead the life of Riley, take it easy.
2. To take repose, as by sleeping or lying quietly:
lie (down), recline, repose, stretch (out).
3. To have an inherent basis:
consist, dwell, exist, inhere, lie, repose, reside.
4. To provide a basis for:
base, build, establish, found, ground, predicate, root, underpin.
phrasal verb
rest on or upon
To be determined by or contingent on something unknown, uncertain, or changeable:
depend on (or upon), hang on, hang upon, hinge on (or upon), turn on, turn upon.
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